Simulation Study on the Extension of Semi-flexible Polymer Chains in Cylindrical Channel

Yu Fu; Fan Wu; Jian-Hua Huang; Ying-Cai Chen; Meng-Bo Luo

doi:10.1007/s10118-019-2291-3

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Simulation Study on the Extension of Semi-flexible Polymer Chains in Cylindrical Channel

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- Simulation Study on the Extension of Semi-flexible Polymer Chains in Cylindrical Channel
- Chinese Journal of Polymer Science Vol. 37, Issue 12, Pages: 1290-1297(2019)
- Affiliations：
  
  a.Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Technology and Device, Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
  b.Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
  c.Department of Physics, Taizhou University, Taizhou 318000, China
- Author bio：
  
  luomengbo@zju.edu.cn
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1007/s10118-019-2291-3
  CLC：
- Received：13 March 2019，
  
  Revised：2019-5-9，
  
  Accepted：13 May 2019，
  
  Online First：28 June 2019，
  
  Published：2019-12
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Fu, Y.; Wu, F.; Huang, J. H.; Chen, Y. C.; Luo, M. B. Simulation study on the extension of semi-flexible polymer chains in cylindrical channel. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2019, 37, 1290–1297.

Yu Fu, Fan Wu, Jian-Hua Huang, et al. Simulation Study on the Extension of Semi-flexible Polymer Chains in Cylindrical Channel[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2019, 37(12): 1290-1297.
Fu, Y.; Wu, F.; Huang, J. H.; Chen, Y. C.; Luo, M. B. Simulation study on the extension of semi-flexible polymer chains in cylindrical channel. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2019, 37, 1290–1297. DOI： 10.1007/s10118-019-2291-3.

Yu Fu, Fan Wu, Jian-Hua Huang, et al. Simulation Study on the Extension of Semi-flexible Polymer Chains in Cylindrical Channel[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2019, 37(12): 1290-1297. DOI： 10.1007/s10118-019-2291-3.

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Abstract

The scaling relations among the mean end-to-end distance of polymer along the channel

the polymer length

and the effective diameter of channel

were investigated for flexible and semi-flexible polymer chains confined in long cylindrical channels. For the flexible polymer chain

scaling relation

–0.7

was found in the classic de Gennes regime at

with

the persistence length

the bond length

and

the radius of gyration of polymer. For the semi-flexible polymer

–1

in the transition regime

(

1) and

–0.7

in the classic de Gennes regime at larger

were observed. The simulation results revealed that the scaling relation in the transition regime was due to the rod-like behavior of the semi-flexible polymer in the small regime

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