Probing structural and dynamical transitions in polymer globules by force

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

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Sing, Charles E ^a   Einert, Thomas R ^b   Netz, Roland R ^b   Alexander Katz, Alfredo ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN DYNAMICS; CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE; DYNAMICAL TRANSITION; EXTERNAL FORCE; FROZEN STATE; HIGH-T; MELTING TRANSITIONS; MODEL SYSTEM; NATURALLY OCCURRING; TRANSITION POINT;

BIOMOLECULES; BIOPOLYMERS; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT;

POLYMERS;

EID: 79961071125     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.83.040801     Document Type: Article

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