Characterizing the resistance generated by a molecular bond as it is forcibly separated

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 8818-8823

  Freund, L B ^a  

^a Brown University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bond survival probability; Force spectroscopy; Kramers' theory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; FORCE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 67049117733     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0903003106     Document Type: Article

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