Salt-modulated structure of polyelectrolyte-macroion complex fibers

European Physical Journal E

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Boroudjerdi, Hoda ^a   Naji, Ali ^a,b,c   Netz, Roland R ^a,d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN FUNDAMENTAL SCIENCES IPM   (Iran)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING RIGIDITY; CELL MODEL; CHAIN ELASTICITY; CHAIN SEGMENTS; CHARGED COMPLEXES; CHROMATIN FIBERS; CROSSLINKER; DILUTE PHASE; ELECTROSTATIC REPULSION; FIBER CONFIGURATION; FIBER DIAMETERS; HELICAL STRUCTURES; IN-VITRO; LINEAR DENSITY; MACROION CHARGES; MACROIONS; NANO-COLLOIDS; NUMERICAL OPTIMIZATIONS; OPPOSITE CHARGE; PHYSIOLOGICAL SALT CONCENTRATIONS; POLYELECTROLYTE CHAIN; POLYELECTROLYTE-MACROION COMPLEXES; REPEATED UNIT CELLS; SALT CONCENTRATION; SPHERICAL MACROIONS; TOTAL ENERGY; ZIG-ZAG;

CHROMOSOMES; COMPLEXATION; ELASTICITY; ELECTROSTATICS; FIBERS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PHASE SEPARATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; POLYELECTROLYTES;

SPHERES;

DNA; ELECTROLYTE; HISTONE; INORGANIC SALT; ION;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; ELASTICITY; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMODYNAMICS;

CHROMATIN; DNA; ELASTICITY; ELECTROLYTES; HISTONES; IONS; SALTS; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 80052661988     PISSN: 12928941     EISSN: 1292895X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2011-11072-1     Document Type: Article

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