Statistical mechanics of double-stranded semi-flexible polymers

Details Statistical mechanics of double-stranded semi-flexible polymers Statistical mechanics of double-stranded semi-flexible polymers

1997-05-09

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9705090v2

Physical Review Letters, Vol. 80, pg 405 (1998)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

4 pages, 3 figures; final version for publication - slight modifications to text and figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.405

We study the statistical mechanics of double-stranded semi-flexible polymers using both analytical techniques and simulation. We find a transition at some finite temperature, from a type of short range order to a fundamentally different sort of short range order. In the high temperature regime, the 2-point correlation functions of the object are identical to worm-like chains, while in the low temperature regime they are different due to a twist structure. In the low temperature phase, the polymers develop a kink-rod structure which could clarify some recent puzzling experiments on actin.

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