Configurations of polymers attached to probes

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2009-10-02

arxiv.org/abs/0910.0420v1

Europhys. Lett. 88, 48001 (2009)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

LaTeX, 6 pages, 4 figures

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We study polymers attached to spherical (circular) or paraboloidal (parabolic) probes in three (two) dimensions. Both self-avoiding and random walks are examined numerically. The behavior of a polymer of size $R_0$ attached to the tip of a probe with radius of curvature $R$, differs qualitatively for large and small values of the ratio $s=R_0/R$. We demonstrate that the scaled compliance (inverse force constant) $S/R_0^2$, and scaled mean position of the polymer end-point $/R$ can be expressed as a function of $s$. Scaled compliance is anisotropic, and quite large in the direction parallel to the surface when $R_0\sim R$. The exponent $\gamma$, characterizing the number of polymer configurations, crosses over from a value of $\gamma_1$ - characteristic of a planar boundary - at small $s$ to one reflecting the overall shape of the probe at large $s$. For a spherical probe the crossover is to an unencumbered polymer, while for a parabolic probe we cannot rule out a new exponent.

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