Conformational changes of polymers in model batter systems

Conformational disorder in conjugated polymers

Conformational analysis of chiral polymers in solution

Relationships between chiroptical properties (Optical Rotatory Dispersion, ORD, and Circular Dichroism, CD) and Conformation of structur— ally simple isotactic polymers and copolymers derived from optically active monomers are reviewed. Both experimental and calculated values fit with chain cotiformations consisting prëdomirantly of one screw sense helical sections due to dissyinmetric cooperat...

A first-order transition in the charge-induced conformational changes of polymers

Analytical mean-field theories and lattice model simulations have been used to study the charge-induced conformational changes of single polymer molecules. The compact-to-extended transition induced by charge is found to be first-order ~i.e., two-state transition with a transition state! in the presence of strong short-range interactions at low temperatures. Short-range interactions decay much ...

Conformational Properties of Active Semiflexible Polymers

The conformational properties of flexible and semiflexible polymers exposed to active noise are studied theoretically. The noise may originate from the interaction of the polymer with surrounding active (Brownian) particles or from the inherent motion of the polymer itself, which may be composed of active Brownian particles. In the latter case, the respective monomers are independently propelle...

Conformational statistics of bent semiflexible polymers

This paper extends previous methods for obtaining the probability distribution function of end-to-end distance for semiflexible polymers, and presents a general formalism that can generate conformational statistics of any continuum filament model of semiflexible chains with internal bends and twists. In particular, our focus is distribution functions for chains composed of straight or helical s...