A toy model of polymer stretching
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A toy model of polymer stretching.
We present an extremely simplified model of multiple-domain polymer stretching in an atomic force microscopy experiment. We portray each module as a binary set of contacts and decompose the system energy into a harmonic term (the cantilever) and long-range interaction terms inside each domain. Exact equilibrium computations and Monte Carlo simulations qualitatively reproduce the experimental sa...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Chemical Physics
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0021-9606,1089-7690
DOI: 10.1063/1.2335639