Properties of knotted ring polymers. I. Equilibrium dimensions

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Mansfield, Marc L ^a   Douglas, Jack F ^b  

^a Stevens Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC SCALING; COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY; CONTACT POTENTIAL; CROSSOVER REGIME; FLEXIBLE CHAINS; GAUSSIANS; INDEX N; KNOTTED RING POLYMERS; NEAREST-NEIGHBORS; SCALING REGIMES; SCALING RELATIONS; SELF AVOIDING WALK; SIMPLE-CUBIC LATTICES;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; EXTRAPOLATION;

POLYMERS;

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PLIABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PLIABILITY; POLYMERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 77955676322     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3457160     Document Type: Article

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