Geometry of flexible filament cohesion: Better contact through twist?

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 141, Issue 17, 2014, Pages

  Cajamarca, Luis ^a   Grason, Gregory M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTATICS;

COHESIVE INTERACTIONS; ELECTROSTATIC REPULSION; ELECTROSTATIC SURFACES; FILAMENT INTERACTIONS; FLEXIBLE FILAMENTS; INTERACTION RANGES; SYNTHETIC MATERIALS; THEORETICAL APPROACH;

GEOMETRY;

STATIC ELECTRICITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMODYNAMICS;

STATIC ELECTRICITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84910044432     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: 10897690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4900983     Document Type: Article

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