Conformational entropy of an ideal cross-linking polymer chain

Entropy

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 285-308

  Vorov, Oleg K ^a   Livesay, Dennis R ^b   Jacobs, Donald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Charlotte   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformational entropy; Cross linking; Distance constraints; Hydrogen bonds; Mayer expansion; Network rigidity; Protein stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749111111     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10994300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/e10030285     Document Type: Article

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