Semiflexible chains under tension
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Semiflexible chains under tension
A functional integral formalism is used to derive the extension of a stiff chain subject to an external force. The force versus extension curves are calculated using a mean-field approach in which the hard constraint u(s)51 is replaced by a global constraint ^u(s)&51 where u(s) is the tangent vector describing the chain and s is the arclength. The theory quantitatively reproduces the experiment...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Chemical Physics
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0021-9606,1089-7690
DOI: 10.1063/1.473128