Thermally activated processes in polymer dynamics

Details Thermally activated processes in polymer dynamics Thermally activated processes in polymer dynamics

2003-07-23

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0307577v1

Phys. Rev. E, 68 (2003) 061111

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

16 pages, Revtex - 19 EPS Figs - Submitted to Phys. Rev. E

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.68.061111

Jumps between neighboring minima in the energy landscape of both homopolymeric and heteropolymeric chains are numerically investigated by determining the average escape time from different valleys. The numerical results are compared to the theoretical expression derived by Langer [J.S. Langer, Ann. Phys. 54 (1969) 258] with reference to a 2N-dimensional space. Our simulations indicate that the dynamics within the native valley is well described by a sequence of thermally activated process up to temperatures well above the folding temperature. At larger temperatures, systematic deviations from the Langer's estimate are instead observed. Several sources for such discrepancies are thoroughly discussed.

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