Dissociation in a polymerization model of homochirality

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dc.creatorBrandenburg, A.
dc.creatorAndersen, A. C.
dc.creatorNilsson, M.
dc.date2005-02-08
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T06:22:06Z
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dc.descriptionA fully self-contained model of homochirality is presented that contains the effects of both polymerization and dissociation. The dissociation fragments are assumed to replenish the substrate from which new monomers can grow and undergo new polymerization. The mean length of isotactic polymers is found to grow slowly with the normalized total number of corresponding building blocks. Alternatively, if one assumes that the dissociation fragments themselves can polymerize further, then this corresponds to a strong source of short polymers, and an unrealistically short average length of only 3. By contrast, without dissociation, isotactic polymers becomes infinitely long.
dc.description16 pages, 6 figures, submitted to Orig. Life Evol. Biosph
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/q-bio/0502008
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/q-bio/0502008
dc.identifierOrig. Life Evol. Biosph. 35, 507-521 (2005)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1007/s11084-005-5757-y
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/95809
dc.subjectBiomolecules
dc.subjectOther Condensed Matter
dc.subjectOther Quantitative Biology
dc.titleDissociation in a polymerization model of homochirality
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