Point force manipulation and activated dynamics of polymers adsorbed on structured substrates

Details Point force manipulation and activated dynamics of polymers adsorbed on structured substrates Point force manipulation and activated dynamics of polymers adsorbed on structured substrates

2005-12-19

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0512483v1

Europhys. Lett. 71, 138 (2005)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

7 pages, 2 Figures

Scientific paper

10.1209/epl/i2005-10057-7

We study the activated motion of adsorbed polymers which are driven over a structured substrate by a localized point force.Our theory applies to experiments with single polymers using, for example, tips of scanning force microscopes to drag the polymer.We consider both flexible and semiflexible polymers,and the lateral surface structure is represented by double-well or periodic potentials. The dynamics is governed by kink-like excitations for which we calculate shapes, energies, and critical point forces. Thermally activated motion proceeds by the nucleation of a kink-antikink pair at the point where the force is applied and subsequent diffusive separation of kink and antikink. In the stationary state of the driven polymer, the collective kink dynamics can be described by an one-dimensional symmetric simple exclusion process.

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