Conformational dynamics and the rotational isomeric state approximation for alkyl chains
- 6 June 1994
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
- Vol. 6 (23A) , A279-A284
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/6/23a/044
Abstract
The assumption of a timescale separation between conformational kinetics and torsional modes, implicit in the rotational isomeric state approximation, is analysed on the basis of asymptotic solutions of a multidimensional diffusion equation.Keywords
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