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arXiv:0711.4976 (cond-mat)
[Submitted on 30 Nov 2007 (v1), last revised 11 Dec 2007 (this version, v3)]

Title:Shapes of Semiflexible Polymers in Confined Spaces

Authors:Y. Liu, B. Chakraborty
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Abstract: We investigate the conformations of a semiflexible polymer confined to a square box. Results of Monte Carlo simulations show the existence of a shape transition when the persistence length of the polymer becomes comparable to the dimensions of box. An order parameter is introduced to quantify this behavior. A simple mean-field model is constructed to study the effect of the shape transition on the effective persistence length of the polymer.
Comments: 8 pages, 20 figures
Subjects: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft); Astrophysics (astro-ph); Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
Cite as: arXiv:0711.4976 [cond-mat.soft]
  (or arXiv:0711.4976v3 [cond-mat.soft] for this version)
  https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.0711.4976
Journal reference: Phys. Biol. 5 (2008) 026004
Related DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1478-3975/5/2/026004

Submission history

From: Ya Liu [view email]
[v1] Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:39:38 UTC (155 KB)
[v2] Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:42:34 UTC (155 KB)
[v3] Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:12:29 UTC (155 KB)
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