Origin of Metastable Knots in Single Flexible Chains
Recent theoretical progress has explained the physics of knotting of semiflexible polymers, yet knotting of flexible polymers is relatively unexplored. We herein develop a new theory for the size distribution of knots on a flexible polymer and the existence of metastable knots. We show the free ener...
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| Language: | English |
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American Physical Society
2015
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/93176 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1687-4522 |