| dc.creator |
Stilck Jürgen F. |
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| dc.date |
2002 |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2013-06-01T09:51:57Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2013-06-01T09:51:57Z |
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| dc.date.issued |
2013-06-01 |
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| dc.identifier |
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-97332002000500019 |
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| dc.identifier |
http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=openurl&genre=article&issn=01039733&date=2002&volume=32&issue=4&spage=934 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/jspui/handle/123456789/7970 |
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| dc.description |
We study the thermodynamic properties of a semiexible polymer confined inside strips of widths L <= 9 defined on a square lattice. The polymer is modeled as a self-avoiding walk and a short-range interaction between the monomers and the walls is included through an energy <IMG SRC="/img/fbpe/bjp/v32n4/a19img04.gif">associated with each monomer placed on one of the walls. Also, an energy <IMG SRC="/img/fbpe/bjp/v32n4/a19img04.gif">b is associated with each elementary bend of the walk. The free energy of the model is obtained exactly through a transfer matrix formalism. The profile of monomer density and the force on the walls are obtained. We notice that as <IMG SRC="/img/fbpe/bjp/v32n4/a19img04.gif">b is decreased, the range of values of <IMG SRC="/img/fbpe/bjp/v32n4/a19img04.gif">which the density profi le is neither convex nor concave increases, and for sufficiently attracting walls (<IMG SRC="/img/fbpe/bjp/v32n4/a19img04.gif"> < 0) we find that in general the attractive force is maximum for <IMG SRC="/img/fbpe/bjp/v32n4/a19img04.gif">b < 0, that is, for situations where the bends are favored. |
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| dc.publisher |
Sociedade Brasileira de Física |
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| dc.source |
Brazilian Journal of Physics |
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| dc.title |
Semiflexible polymer in a strip |
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