Stick-release pattern in stretching single condensed polyelectrolyte toroids

Macromolecules

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3211-3214

  Cárdenas Lizana, Paul ^a   Hsiao, Pai Yi ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDENSED DNA; ELASTIC RESPONSE; FORCE-EXTENSION CURVES; HIGH-FREQUENCY NOISE; RELEASE PATTERN; STRUCTURAL TRANSITIONS; TWO CHAINS;

NUCLEIC ACIDS;

EID: 66549125813     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma802120b     Document Type: Article

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