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arXiv 1911.03431cond-mat.soft
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双峰概率密度描述了半柔性polymer在二维压缩下的弹性行为

Bimodal probability density characterizes the elastic behavior of a semiflexible polymer in 2D under compression

Christina Kurzthaler, Thomas Franosch

摘要:

我们探讨了压缩下的蠕虫状链的弹性行为的相关概率密度的精确解。引人注目的是,沿施加的力投影的端到端距离的概率密度在弹性杆的临界欧拉屈曲力附近呈现双峰形状,这让人想起有限系统的模糊不连续相变。这两个模式反映了几乎拉伸和S形的结构的夹紧聚合物诱导的压缩。此外,我们发现了一个双峰形状的概率密度的横向波动的悬臂式聚合物的自由端的指纹,其半柔性。与固定聚合物相反,自由聚合物显示出圆对称的概率密度,并且它们的分布对于压缩力和拉伸力是相同的。

英文摘要:

We explore the elastic behavior of a wormlike chain under compression in terms of exact solutions for the associated probability densities. Strikingly, the probability density for the end-to-end distance projected along the applied force exhibits a bimodal shape in the vicinity of the critical Euler buckling force of an elastic rod, reminiscent of the smeared discontinuous phase transition of a finite system. These two modes reflect the almost stretched and the S-shaped configuration of a clamped polymer induced by the compression. Moreover, we find a bimodal shape of the probability density for the transverse fluctuations of the free end of a cantilevered polymer as fingerprint of its semiflexibility. In contrast to clamped polymers, free polymers display a circularly symmetric probability density and their distributions are identical for compression and stretching forces.

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