The force acting on a polymer partially confined in a tube

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3873-3879

  Prinsen, Peter ^a   Fang, Li Tai ^a   Yoffe, Aron M ^a   Knoblerx, Charles M ^a   Gelbart, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT;

BROWNIAN DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; CHAIN MOLECULES; CONFIGURATIONALLY; NANO PORES; PERSISTENCE LENGTHS; PULLING FORCES; SYNTHETIC POLYMERS; VIRAL CAPSIDS; VIRAL GENOMES;

POLYMERS;

EID: 65249142861     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp808047u     Document Type: Article

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