Statistical topology of closed curves: Some applications in polymer physics

DOI10.1103/RevModPhys.79.611zbMath1205.82153OpenAlexW1984447149MaRDI QIDQ3077071

Enzo Orlandini, Stuart G. Whittington

Publication date: 21 February 2011

Published in: Reviews of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1103/revmodphys.79.611

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