Spontaneous knotting and unknotting of flexible linear polymers: Equilibrium and kinetic aspects

Macromolecules

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3669-3678

  Tubiana, L ^a   Rosa, A ^b   Fragiacomo, F ^c   Micheletti, C ^b  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b SISSA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; DYNAMICS SIMULATION; ENTANGLEMENT PROPERTIES; LENGTH AND POSITION; LINEAR HOMOPOLYMERS; MONTE CARLO SAMPLING; SPONTANEOUS FORMATION; STATICS AND DYNAMICS;

DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84877726550     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma4002963     Document Type: Article

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