Folding of a single polymer chain and phase transition

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1908-1911

  Ding, Yanwei ^a   Zhang, Guangzhao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Interchain aggregation; Single chain folding; Ultra sensitive differential scanning calorimetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 67049096074     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-009-0278-0     Document Type: Article

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