Meilikhov EZ, Farzetdinova RM. General mean-field theory for mechanical hysteresis of network-like macromolecules.
Proteins 2014;
82:3188-93. [PMID:
25212517 DOI:
10.1002/prot.24687]
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Abstract
In the framework of the mean-field theory for the order parameter, which characterizes the degree of deviating the structure of a network-like macromolecule from its natural state under the action of the external force, its mechanical hysteresis is considered. Elastic hysterical properties of a macromolecule are studied as a function of the applied force, temperature and some other parameters controlling the viscous-elastic behavior of network-like macromolecules.
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