Novel mechanism for temperature-independent transitions in flexible molecules: Role of thermodynamic fluctuations

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 104, Issue 17, 2010, Pages

  Teslenko, V I ^a   Petrov, E G ^a   Verkhratsky, A ^b   Krishtal, O A ^c  

^a BOGOLYUBOV INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c BOGOMOLETZ INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATION TRANSITIONS; FLEXIBLE MOLECULES; INDEPENDENT TRANSITIONS; LOW-FREQUENCY VIBRATION; MOLECULAR ENERGY LEVELS; MOLECULAR STATE; MOLECULAR SYSTEMS; NEURONAL MEMBRANES; PHYSICAL INTERPRETATION; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMODYNAMIC FLUCTUATIONS;

RATE CONSTANTS;

TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77951716337     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.178105     Document Type: Article

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