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The Smoluchowski equation with a time dependent delta function sink is solved exactly for many special cases. In all other cases the problem can be reduced to an integral equation. It is shown that by knowing the probability distribution at…
The Smoluchowski equation with a time dependent sink term is solved exactly. In this method by knowing the probability distribution at the origin P(0,s), one may derive the probability distribution at all positions i.e., P(x,s). Further the…
We study properties of dilute polymer solutions which are known to depend strongly on polymer elongation. The probability density function (PDF) of polymer end-to-end extensions $R$ in turbulent flows is examined. We demonstrate that if the…
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We present a detailed study of the static and dynamic behavior of long semiflexible polymer chains in a melt. Starting from previously obtained fully equilibrated high molecular weight polymer melts [{\it Zhang et al.} ACS Macro Lett. 3,…