Free energy of polymers confined in open and closed cavities

Macromolecular Theory and Simulations

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-23

  Cifra, Peter ^a   Bleha, Tomáš ^a  

^a POLYMER INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

confinement; Monte Carlo simulations; scaling theory; semiflexible chains; statistical thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRUCTURES; BULK SOLUTIONS; CAVITY RADIUS; CHAIN STIFFNESS; CLOSED CAVITY; EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; POLYMER CONCENTRATIONS; SCALING THEORIES; SEMI-FLEXIBLE CHAINS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREE ENERGY; MACROMOLECULES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; QUANTUM THEORY; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84855531474     PISSN: 10221344     EISSN: 15213919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mats.201100061     Document Type: Article

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