Semi-Flexible Polymer in a Uniform Force Field in Two Dimensions
Soft Condensed Matter
2009-11-07 v1
Abstract
The conformational properties of a semi-flexible polymer chain, anchored at one end in a uniform force field, are studied in a simple two-dimensional model. Recursion relations are derived for the partition function and then iterated numerically. We calculate the angular fluctuations of the polymer about the direction of the force field and the average polymer configuration as functions of the bending rigidity, chain length, chain orientation at the anchoring point, and field strength.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0110141,
title = {Semi-Flexible Polymer in a Uniform Force Field in Two Dimensions},
author = {A. Lamura and T. W. Burkhardt and G. Gompper},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0110141},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
to be published in Phys. Rev. E