Statistical mechanics of double-stranded semi-flexible polymers
Statistical Mechanics
2009-10-30 v2 Soft Condensed Matter
Abstract
We study the statistical mechanics of double-stranded semi-flexible polymers using both analytical techniques and simulation. We find a transition at some finite temperature, from a type of short range order to a fundamentally different sort of short range order. In the high temperature regime, the 2-point correlation functions of the object are identical to worm-like chains, while in the low temperature regime they are different due to a twist structure. In the low temperature phase, the polymers develop a kink-rod structure which could clarify some recent puzzling experiments on actin.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9705090,
title = {Statistical mechanics of double-stranded semi-flexible polymers},
author = {T. B. Liverpool and R. Golestanian and K. Kremer},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9705090},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, 3 figures; final version for publication - slight modifications to text and figures