Equilibrium Shapes of Flat Knots

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 4-

  Metzler, Ralf ^a   Hanke, Andreas ^a   Dommersnes, Paul G ^a   Kantor, Yacov ^a,b   Kardar, Mehran ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84871233701     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.188101     Document Type: Article

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