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Title: | Elasticity of semiflexible polymers |
Authors: | Samuel, J. Sinha, Supurna |
Issue Date: | Nov-2002 |
Publisher: | The American Physical Society |
Citation: | Physical Review E, 2002, Vol.66, 050801 |
Abstract: | We present a method for solving the wormlike chain model for semiflexible polymers to any desired accuracy over the entire range of polymer lengths. Our results are in excellent agreement with recent computer simulations and reproduce important qualitatively interesting features observed in simulations of polymers of intermediate lengths. We also make a number of predictions that can be tested in a variety of concrete experimental realizations. The expected level of finite size fluctuations in force-extension curves is also estimated. This study is relevant to mechanical properties of biological molecules. |
Description: | Open Access. Also selected for Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research - December 1, 2002 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2289/1218 |
ISSN: | 1539-3755 1550-2376 (online) |
Alternative Location: | http://prola.aps.org/abstract/PRE/v66/i5/e050801 |
Copyright: | (2002) by the American Physical Society |
Appears in Collections: | Research Papers (TP) |
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