Average crossing number and writhe of knotted random polygons in confinement
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Reactive and Functional Polymers
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1381-5148
DOI: 10.1016/j.reactfunctpolym.2018.07.028