Thermally activated breakdown in a simple polymer model

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Fugmann, S ^a   Sokolov, I M ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBING BOUNDARIES; ACTIVATION TIME; BROWNIAN DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; CHAIN-ENDS; FIRST PASSAGE PROBLEM; GRAFTED CHAINS; HOMOPOLYMER CHAINS; POLYMER MODELS; SIMPLE MODEL; THERMALLY ACTIVATED;

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT;

EID: 77950159247     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.81.031804     Document Type: Article

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