Thermodynamics and entanglements of walks under stress

Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment

Volumn 2009, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Janse Van Rensburg, E J ^a   Orlandini, E ^b   Tesi, M C ^c   Whittington, S G ^d  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Classical Monte Carlo simulations; Copolymers; Polyelectrolytes and biomolecular solutions; Polymers; Rigorous results in statistical mechanics; Topology and combinatorics

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449455542     PISSN: 17425468     EISSN: 17425468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-5468/2009/07/P07014     Document Type: Article

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