Nucleation and Co-Operativity in Supramolecular Polymers

Advances in Chemical Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue , 2009, Pages 45-77

  Schoot, Paul van der ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

actin; co operativity; modeling; nanophase separation; nucleated asembly; peptides; supramolecular polymers

Indexed keywords

EID: 62549145298     PISSN: 00652377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2377(08)00203-2     Document Type: Chapter

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