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具有非保守拓扑结构的环状聚合物熔体的计算机模拟:动态Monte Carlo格点模型

Computer simulations of melts of ring polymers with non-conserved topology: A dynamic Monte Carlo lattice model

Mattia Alberto Ubertini, Angelo Rosa

摘要:

我们提出了一个动态的Monte Carlo算法的FCC晶格上的聚合物链的计算机模拟,明确考虑到克服拓扑约束的可能性,通过控制附近的聚合物链可能会通过彼此交叉的速率。通过将该方法应用于系统的相互作用的环聚合物在熔融条件下,我们表征其结构和动力学的测量,特别是,在松弛过程中形成的结和链接的量。在比较标准的熔体的未打结和未连接的环,我们的模拟表明,链交叉的机制是负责流化的熔体提供的时间尺度的过程是快于链的内部松弛,在最近的实验中采用的解决方案的DNA环的II型拓扑异构酶的存在下。在相反的情况下,缓慢的速度,熔体被证明是变得更慢,这个预测可以很容易地验证实验。

英文摘要:

We present computer simulations of a dynamic Monte Carlo algorithm for polymer chains on the FCC lattice which takes explicitly into account the possibility to overcome topological constraints by controlling the rate at which nearby polymer strands may cross through each other. By applying the method to systems of interacting ring polymers at melt conditions, we characterize their structure and dynamics by measuring, in particular, the amounts of knots and links which are formed during the relaxation process. In comparison to standard melts of unknotted and unconcatenated rings, our simulations demonstrate that the mechanism of strand crossing is responsible for fluidizing the melt provided the time scale of the process is faster than the internal relaxation of the chain, in agreement with recent experiments employing solutions of DNA rings in the presence of the type II topoisomerase enzyme. In the opposite case of slow rates the melt is shown to become slower, and this prediction may be easily validated experimentally.

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