Shapes of Semiflexible Polymers in Confined Spaces

Details Shapes of Semiflexible Polymers in Confined Spaces Shapes of Semiflexible Polymers in Confined Spaces

2007-11-30

arxiv.org/abs/0711.4976v3

Phys. Biol. 5 (2008) 026004

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

8 pages, 20 figures

Scientific paper

10.1088/1478-3975/5/2/026004

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.

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