Depletion effect on polymers induced by small depleting spheres

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 114, Issue 48, 2010, Pages 20864-20869

  Kim, Jun Soo ^a   Szleifer, Igal ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; CHROMATIN FIBERS; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; CONFORMATIONAL ENTROPY; CROWDING EFFECTS; DEPLETION ATTRACTION; DEPLETION EFFECTS; DEPLETION POTENTIAL; FLEXIBLE POLYMERS; LARGE SPHERES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NONMONOTONIC BEHAVIORS; POLYMER CHAINS; POLYMER SEGMENTS; POTENTIAL OF MEAN FORCE; REPULSIVE INTERACTIONS; SINGLE POLYMER CHAINS; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES;

BIOPOLYMERS; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SPHERES;

POLYMERS;

EID: 78650093318     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp107598m     Document Type: Article

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