Collapse of a hydrophobic polymer in a mixture of denaturants

Langmuir

Volumn 29, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 4877-4882

  Das, Payel ^a   Xia, Zhen ^a,b   Zhou, Ruhong ^a,c  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS MIXTURES; ATOMISTIC MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; ATTRACTIVE INTERACTIONS; DISPERSION INTERACTION; GUANIDINIUM CHLORIDES; HYDROPHOBIC POLYMERS; LONG RANGE INTERACTIONS; PREFERENTIAL ADSORPTION;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; HYDROPHOBICITY; METABOLISM; MIXTURES; SOLVENTS; UREA;

POLYMERS;

GUANIDINE; POLYMER; UREA;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN DENATURATION;

GUANIDINE; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; POLYMERS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; UREA;

EID: 84876266482     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la3046252     Document Type: Article

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