Stiffness of polymer chains
| dc.creator | Drozdov, A. D. | |
| dc.date | 2004-07-28 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T02:59:26Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T02:59:26Z | |
| dc.description | A formula is derived for stiffness of a polymer chain in terms of the distribution function of end-to-end vectors. This relationship is applied to calculate the stiffness of Gaussian chains (neutral and carrying electric charges at the ends), chains modeled as self-avoiding random walks, as well as semi-flexible (worm-like and Dirac) chains. The effects of persistence length and Bjerrum's length on the chain stiffness are analyzed numerically. An explicit expression is developed for the radial distribution function of a chain with the maximum stiffness. | |
| dc.description | 21 pages, 6 figures | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0407716 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0407716 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/24509 | |
| dc.subject | Statistical Mechanics | |
| dc.title | Stiffness of polymer chains | |
| dc.type | text |