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This work presents a systematic methodology for describing the transient dynamics of coarse-grained molecular systems inferred from all-atom simulated data. We suggest Langevin-type dynamics where the coarse-grained interaction potential…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-09-22 G. Baxevani , V. Harmandaris , E. Kalligiannaki , I. Tsantili

We consider the Langevin dynamics of a semi-dilute system of chains which are random polyampholytes of average monomer charge $q$ and with a fluctuations in this charge of the size $Q^{-1}$ and with freely floating counter-ions in the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-06-25 Kristian K. Muller-Nedebock , Thomas A. Vilgis

We develop a theoretical approach to the protein folding problem based on out-of-equilibrium stochastic dynamics. Within this framework, the computational difficulties related to the existence of large time scale gaps in the protein folding…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2009-11-13 M. Sega , P. Faccioli , F. Pederiva , G. Garberoglio , H. Orland

The present paper investigates the extension behavior of a wormlike chain with varied persistence length under the confinement of a cylindrical tube. Based on Odijk theory of a confined polymer chain, we have developed a theory which can…

Biological Physics · Physics 2019-11-05 Ming Li , Jizeng Wang

The analysis of the dynamics of tracer particles in a complex bath can provide valuable information about the microscopic behaviour of the bath. In this work, we study the dynamics of a forced tracer in a colloidal bath by means of Langevin…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2020-06-24 Francisco Orts , Gloria Ortega , Ester M. Garzon , Matthias Fuchs , Antonio M. Puertas

It has been recently shown that the phase space trajectories for the anomalous dynamics of a tagged monomer of a polymer --- for single polymeric systems such as phantom Rouse, self-avoiding Rouse, Zimm, reptation, and translocation through…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2011-02-22 Debabrata Panja

We study the effect of quenched randomness in the arc-length dependent spontaneous curvature of a wormlike chain under tension. In the weakly bending approximation in two dimensions, we obtain analytic results for the force-elongation curve…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2010-11-12 Panayotis Benetatos , Eugene M. Terentjev

We have used kinetic Monte Carlo simulations to study the kinetics of unfolding of cross-linked polymer chains under mechanical loading. As the ends of a chain are pulled apart, the force transmitted by each crosslink increases until it…

Biological Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Kilho Eom , Dmitrii E Makarov , Gregory J. Rodin

We examine the phase transition of polymer adsorption as well as the underlying kinetics of polymer binding from dilute solutions on a structureless solid surface. The emphasis is put on the properties of regular multiblock copolymers,…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-09-03 A. Milchev , V. Rostiashvili , S. Bhattacharya , T. Vilgis

This paper solves the optimization problem for a simplified one-dimensional worm model when the friction force depends on the direction of the motion. The motion of the worm is controlled by the actuator force $f(t)$ which is assumed to be…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-10-25 Nak-seung P. Hyun , Erik I. Verriest

We consider the lattice model for an ideal-linear polymer chain to mimic the conformations of the semi-flexible homo-polymer chain. The polymer chain is assumed to confine in the fairly small area, such that the flexible chain conformations…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2020-10-23 Pramod Kumar Mishra

We investigate conformations and dynamics of a polymer considering its monomers to be active Brownian particles. This active polymer shows very intriguing physical behavior which is absent in an active Rouse chain. The chain initially…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2020-04-13 Shalabh K. Anand , Sunil P. Singh

We study folding in 16-monomer heteropolymers on the square lattice. For a given sequence, thermodynamic properties and stability of the native state are unique. However, the kinetics of folding depends on the model of dynamics adopted for…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 Trinh Xuan Hoang , Marek Cieplak

We consider the dynamics of pore-driven polymer translocation through a nanopore to semi-infinite space when the chain is initially confined and equilibrated in a narrow channel. To this end, we use Langevin dynamics (LD) simulations and…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-03-11 Soheila Emamyari , Jalal Sarabadani , Ralf Metzler , Tapio Ala-Nissila

Force versus extension curves measure entropic elasticity of single polymer chain in force spectroscopy experiments. A Worm-like Chain model is used to describe force extension experiments with an intrinsic chain parameter called…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2021-07-28 Vikhyaat Ahlawat , Shatruhansingh Rajput , Shivprasad Patil

We suggest a theoretical description of the force-induced translocation dynamics of a polymer chain through a nanopore. Our consideration is based on the tensile (Pincus) blob picture of a pulled chain and the notion of propagating front of…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2012-04-17 J. L. A. Dubbeldam , V. G. Rostiashvili , A. Milchev , T. A. Vilgis

The random-force (Larkin) model of a directed elastic string subject to quenched random forces in the transverse directions has been a paradigm in the statistical physics of disordered systems. In this brief note, we investigate a modified…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2011-08-05 Panayotis Benetatos , Eugene M. Terentjev

In this paper, we present a new approach to the discrete version of the Wormlike Chain Model (WCM) of semiflexible polymers. Our solution to the model is based on a new computational technique called the Generalized Borel Transform (GBT)…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Marcelo Marucho , Gustavo A. Carri

A Markov state model of the dynamics of a protein-like chain immersed in an implicit hard sphere solvent is derived from first principles for a system of monomers that interact via discontinuous potentials designed to account for local…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-22 Jeremy Schofield , Hanif Bayat

We study the free energy of the worm-like-chain model, in the constant-extension ensemble, as a function of the stiffness for finite chains of length L. We find that the polymer properties obtained in this ensemble are "qualitatively"…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-07 Abhishek Dhar , Debasish Chaudhuri