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Introduction and overview |
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What is soft condensed matter? |
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Soft matter---an overview |
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2 | (3) |
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Forces, energies, and timescales in condensed matter |
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5 | (20) |
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5 | (1) |
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Gases, liquids, and solids |
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5 | (5) |
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5 | (3) |
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Condensation and freezing |
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8 | (2) |
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Viscous, elastic, and viscoelastic behaviour |
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10 | (6) |
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The response of matter to a shear stress |
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10 | (3) |
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Understanding the mechanical response of matter at a molecular level |
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13 | (3) |
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16 | (9) |
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Practical glass-forming systems |
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16 | (1) |
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Relaxation time and viscosity in glass-forming liquids |
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17 | (1) |
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The experimental glass transition |
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18 | (3) |
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Understanding the glass transition |
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21 | (4) |
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25 | (24) |
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Phase transitions in soft matter |
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25 | (1) |
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Liquid-liquid unmixing---equilibrium phase diagrams |
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26 | (6) |
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Interfaces between phases and interfacial tension |
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31 | (1) |
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Liquid-liquid unmixing---kinetics of phase separation |
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32 | (9) |
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Two mechanisms of phase separation |
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32 | (1) |
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33 | (4) |
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37 | (1) |
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Growth in the late stages of phase separation |
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38 | (3) |
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The liquid-solid transition---freezing and melting |
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41 | (8) |
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Kinetics of the liquid-solid transition---homogeneous nucleation |
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42 | (2) |
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Kinetics of the liquid-solid transition---heterogeneous nucleation |
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44 | (1) |
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Solidification---stability of a growing solidification front |
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45 | (4) |
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49 | (24) |
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49 | (1) |
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A single colloidal particle in a liquid---Stokes' law and Brownian motion |
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50 | (2) |
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50 | (1) |
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Brownian motion and the Einstein equation |
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50 | (2) |
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Forces between colloidal particles |
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52 | (10) |
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Interatomic forces and interparticle forces |
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52 | (1) |
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53 | (5) |
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Electrostatic double-layer forces |
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58 | (2) |
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Stabilising polymers with grafted polymer layers |
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60 | (1) |
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61 | (1) |
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Stability and phase behaviour of colloids |
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62 | (6) |
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Crystallisation of hard-sphere colloids |
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62 | (3) |
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Colloids with longer ranged repulsion |
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65 | (1) |
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Colloids with weakly attractive interactions |
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66 | (1) |
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Colloids with strongly attractive interactions |
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67 | (1) |
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Flow in concentrated dispersions |
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68 | (5) |
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73 | (22) |
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73 | (1) |
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The variety of polymeric materials |
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73 | (4) |
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74 | (1) |
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75 | (1) |
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76 | (1) |
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76 | (1) |
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77 | (1) |
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Random walks and the dimensions of polymer chains |
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77 | (8) |
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The freely jointed chain and its Gaussian limit |
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78 | (1) |
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Real polymer chains---short-range correlations |
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79 | (1) |
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Excluded volume, the theta temperature, and coil-globule transitions |
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80 | (2) |
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Chain statistics in polymer melts---the Flory theorem |
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82 | (1) |
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Measuring the size of polymer chains |
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82 | (2) |
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Polymers at interfaces---adsorbed and grafted chains |
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84 | (1) |
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85 | (1) |
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Viscoelasticity in polymers and the reptation model |
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86 | (9) |
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Characterising the viscoelastic behaviour of polymers |
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86 | (2) |
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Linear viscoelasticity and the Boltzmann superposition principle |
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88 | (1) |
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The temperature dependence of viscoelastic properties: time-temperature superposition |
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88 | (1) |
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Viscoelasticity: experimental results for monodisperse linear polymer melts |
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89 | (1) |
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90 | (1) |
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The tube model and the theory of reptation |
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91 | (2) |
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Modifications to reptation theory |
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93 | (2) |
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95 | (9) |
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95 | (1) |
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96 | (1) |
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96 | (1) |
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97 | (1) |
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97 | (7) |
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97 | (1) |
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The classical theory of gelation---the Flory-Stockmayer model |
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98 | (2) |
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Non-classical exponents in the percolation model |
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100 | (1) |
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100 | (4) |
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Molecular order in soft condensed matter---liquid crystallinity |
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104 | (25) |
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104 | (1) |
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Introduction to liquid crystal phases |
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105 | (2) |
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The nematic/isotropic transition |
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107 | (4) |
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Distortions and topological defects in liquid crystals |
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111 | (3) |
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Generalised rigidity and the elastic constants of a nematic liquid crystal |
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111 | (1) |
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112 | (1) |
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Disclinations, dislocations, and other topological defects |
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113 | (1) |
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The electrical and magnetic properties of liquid crystals |
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114 | (2) |
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The Frederiks transition and liquid crystal displays |
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116 | (2) |
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118 | (11) |
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118 | (1) |
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118 | (4) |
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The isotropic/nematic transition for ideal hard rods |
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122 | (4) |
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Transitions in real lyotropic systems |
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126 | (1) |
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Thermotropic liquid crystal phases |
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126 | (3) |
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Molecular order in soft condensed matter---crystallinity in polymers |
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129 | (7) |
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129 | (1) |
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129 | (2) |
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131 | (5) |
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Supramolecular self-assembly in soft condensed matter |
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136 | (23) |
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136 | (1) |
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Self-assembled phases in solutions of amphiphilic molecules |
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136 | (15) |
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Why oil and water do not mix |
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136 | (1) |
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Aggregation and phase separation |
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137 | (2) |
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The aggregation of amphiphilic molecules |
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139 | (3) |
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Spherical micelles and the CMC |
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142 | (1) |
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142 | (2) |
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144 | (1) |
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The elasticity and fluctuations of membranes |
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145 | (2) |
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The phase behaviour of concentrated amphiphile solutions |
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147 | (3) |
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Complex phases in surfactant solutions and microemulsions |
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150 | (1) |
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Self-assembly in polymers |
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151 | (8) |
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Phase separation in polymer mixtures and the polymer/polymer interface |
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152 | (3) |
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Microphase separation in copolymers |
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155 | (1) |
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Block copolymer phase diagrams |
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156 | (3) |
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159 | (19) |
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159 | (1) |
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The components and structures of life |
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160 | (1) |
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161 | (4) |
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165 | (8) |
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Primary, secondary, and tertiary structure of proteins |
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165 | (2) |
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167 | (3) |
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Interactions between proteins: misfolding, aggregation, and crystallisation |
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170 | (2) |
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Protein misfolding, gelation, and amyloidogenesis |
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172 | (1) |
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173 | (1) |
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174 | (4) |
A Some results from statistical mechanics |
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178 | (4) |
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Entropy and the second law of thermodynamics |
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178 | (1) |
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Energy, entropy, and temperature |
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179 | (1) |
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Free energy and the Gibbs function |
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180 | (1) |
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181 | (1) |
B The distribution function of an ideal random walk |
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182 | (3) |
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Direct enumeration of the statistical weight |
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182 | (1) |
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Random walks and the diffusion equation |
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183 | (2) |
C Answers to selected problems |
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185 | (1) |
C Answers to selected problems |
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185 | (4) |
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185 | (1) |
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185 | (1) |
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186 | (1) |
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186 | (1) |
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187 | (1) |
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187 | (1) |
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187 | (1) |
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187 | (1) |
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188 | (1) |
Bibliography |
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189 | (4) |
Index |
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