Numerical Simulation of the Distribution Function and Free Energy of a Single Wormlike Polymer Confined between Hard Walls

Yang Gu; Hui Zhang; Dong-Liang Zhang

doi:10.1007/s10118-019-2322-0

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Numerical Simulation of the Distribution Function and Free Energy of a Single Wormlike Polymer Confined between Hard Walls

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- Numerical Simulation of the Distribution Function and Free Energy of a Single Wormlike Polymer Confined between Hard Walls
- Chinese Journal of Polymer Science Vol. 38, Issue 2, Pages: 179-186(2020)
- Affiliations：
  
  a.School of Mathematics Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
  b.Laboratory of Mathematics and Complex Systems, Ministry of Education, School of Mathematics Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
  c.The department of Orthodontics, Beijing Stomatology Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing 100006, China
- Author bio：
  
  tyguyang@126.com
  hzhang@bnu.edu.cn (H.Z.)
  zhangdongliang@hotmail.com (D.L.Z.)
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1007/s10118-019-2322-0
  CLC：
- Received：13 May 2019，
  
  Revised：2019-6-19，
  
  Accepted：26 June 2019，
  
  Online First：09 October 2019，
  
  Published：2020-02
- Accepted：
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Gu, Y.; Zhang, H.; Zhang, D. L. Numerical simulation of the distribution function and free energy of a single wormlike polymer confined between hard walls. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2020, 38, 179–186.

Yang Gu, Hui Zhang, Dong-Liang Zhang. Numerical Simulation of the Distribution Function and Free Energy of a Single Wormlike Polymer Confined between Hard Walls[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2020, 38(2): 179-186.
Gu, Y.; Zhang, H.; Zhang, D. L. Numerical simulation of the distribution function and free energy of a single wormlike polymer confined between hard walls. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2020, 38, 179–186. DOI： 10.1007/s10118-019-2322-0.

Yang Gu, Hui Zhang, Dong-Liang Zhang. Numerical Simulation of the Distribution Function and Free Energy of a Single Wormlike Polymer Confined between Hard Walls[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2020, 38(2): 179-186. DOI： 10.1007/s10118-019-2322-0.

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We focus on the distribution and free energy of a wormlike polymer confined between two parallel hard walls. The variation in the distribution and free energy of the wormlike chain as the spacing between the walls decreases (or as the total contour length of the wormlike chain increases or as the persistence length of the chain increases) is simulated. The main reason for these changes is a degradation of the long wormlike chain into a Gaussian long chain under weak confinement.

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