Physics – Condensed Matter – Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2010-02-09
EPL 91, 38004 (2010)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Soft Condensed Matter
6 pages, 3 figures typo corrected, slightly revised line of reasoning, results unchanged
Scientific paper
10.1209/0295-5075/91/38004
The constraints imposed by nano- and microscale confinement on the conformational degrees of freedom of thermally fluctuating biopolymers are utilized in contemporary nano-devices to specifically elongate and manipulate single chains. A thorough theoretical understanding and quantification of the statistical conformations of confined polymer chains is thus a central concern in polymer physics. We present an analytical calculation of the radial distribution function of harmonically confined semiflexible polymers in the weakly bending limit. Special emphasis has been put on a proper treatment of global modes, i.e. the possibility of the chain to perform global movements within the channel. We show that the effect of these global modes significantly impacts the chain statistics in cases of weak and intermediate confinement. Comparing our analytical model to numerical data from Monte Carlo simulations we find excellent agreement over a broad range of parameters.
Frey Erwin
Thüroff Florian
Wagner Friedrich
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