Scaling of the rupture dynamics of polymer chains pulled at one end at a constant rate

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Fugmann, S ^a   Sokolov, I M ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARRIER CROSSINGS; CONSTANT LOADINGS; CONSTANT RATES; HOMOPOLYMER CHAINS; LOADING RATES; NON-MARKOVIAN; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; POLYMER CHAINS; RELATIVE IMPACTS; RUPTURE FORCES; SATURATION VALUES; SINGLE BONDS;

DYNAMICS;

EID: 61949387129     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.79.021803     Document Type: Article

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