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Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991001914069707536

Autore

Huang, Kerson

Titolo

Lectures on statistical physics and protein folding / Kerson Huang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, c2005

ISBN

9812561501

Descrizione fisica

xiii, 144 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Disciplina

530.1595

Soggetti

Statistical physics

Protein folding

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index

Nota di contenuto

Entropy. -- Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution. -- Free energy. -- Chemical potential. -- Phase transitions. -- Kinetics of phase transitions. -- The order parameter. -- Correlation function. -- Stochastic processes. -- Langevin equation. -- The life process. -- Self-assembly. -- Kinetics of protein folding. -- Power laws in protein folding. -- Power laws in protein folding. -- Self-avoiding walk and turbulence. -- Convergent evolution in protein folding. -- Model of energy cascade in a protein molecule