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刚性聚合物中横向和纵向响应的耦合

Coupling of transverse and longitudinal response in stiff polymers

Benedikt Obermayer, Oskar Hallatschek

摘要:

刚性聚合物的时间依赖性横向响应,表示为弱弯曲蠕虫状链(WLC),在线性水平上是很好理解的,其中横向自由度独立于纵向自由度演变。我们发现,超出一个特征的时间尺度,横向和纵向运动的非线性耦合在一个不可扩展的WLC显着削弱了聚合物的响应相比,广泛使用的线性响应预测。相应的反馈机制是合理化的缩放参数和量化的多尺度的方法,利用横向和纵向相关长度尺度的固有分离。交叉标度律和精确的分析和数值解的特征响应量推导出不同的实验相关的设置。我们的研究结果适用于细胞骨架丝以及张力下的DNA。

英文摘要:

The time-dependent transverse response of stiff polymers, represented as weakly-bending wormlike chains (WLCs), is well-understood on the linear level, where transverse degrees of freedom evolve independently from the longitudinal ones. We show that, beyond a characteristic time scale, the nonlinear coupling of transverse and longitudinal motion in an inextensible WLC significantly weakens the polymer response compared to the widely used linear response predictions. The corresponding feedback mechanism is rationalized by scaling arguments and quantified by a multiple scale approach that exploits an inherent separation of transverse and longitudinal correlation length scales. Crossover scaling laws and exact analytical and numerical solutions for characteristic response quantities are derived for different experimentally relevant setups. Our findings are applicable to cytoskeletal filaments as well as DNA under tension.

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