Unfolding of collapsed polymers in shear flow: Effects of colloid banding structures in confining channels

Using hydrodynamic simulations, we demonstrate that confined colloidal suspensions can greatly enhance the unfolding of collapsed single polymers in flow. When colloids come in direct contact with the polymers due to the flow, the collapsed chains become flattened or elongated on the surface of the...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chen, Hsieh, Alexander-Katz, Alfredo
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Physical Society 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/89036
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5554-1283