Polymers with spatial or topological constraints: Theoretical and computational results

Physics Reports

Volumn 504, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-73

  Micheletti, Cristian ^a   Marenduzzo, Davide ^b   Orlandini, Enzo ^c  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Confinement; Knots; Polymers

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955651124     PISSN: 03701573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physrep.2011.03.003     Document Type: Review

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