Reduced Persistence Length and Fluctuation-Induced Interactions of Directed Semiflexible Polymers on Fluctuating surfaces
We consider directed semiflexible polymers embedded in a fluctuating surface which is governed by either surface tension or bending rigidity. The attractive interactions induced by the fluctuations of the surface reduce the rigidity of the polymers. In particular, it is shown that for arbitrarily st...
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| description | We consider directed semiflexible polymers embedded in a fluctuating surface which is governed by either surface tension or bending rigidity. The attractive interactions induced by the fluctuations of the surface reduce the rigidity of the polymers. In particular, it is shown that for arbitrarily stiff parallel polymers, there is a characteristic separation below which they prefer to bend rather than stay linear. The out-of plane fluctuations of the polymer, screen out the long-range fluctuation-induced forces, resulting in only a short-ranged effective attraction. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:94844a11-5b9e-49c6-9d4e-d1ab7561b7d92022-03-26T23:39:55ZReduced Persistence Length and Fluctuation-Induced Interactions of Directed Semiflexible Polymers on Fluctuating surfacesJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:94844a11-5b9e-49c6-9d4e-d1ab7561b7d9Symplectic Elements at Oxford1996Golestanian, RWe consider directed semiflexible polymers embedded in a fluctuating surface which is governed by either surface tension or bending rigidity. The attractive interactions induced by the fluctuations of the surface reduce the rigidity of the polymers. In particular, it is shown that for arbitrarily stiff parallel polymers, there is a characteristic separation below which they prefer to bend rather than stay linear. The out-of plane fluctuations of the polymer, screen out the long-range fluctuation-induced forces, resulting in only a short-ranged effective attraction. |
| spellingShingle | Golestanian, R Reduced Persistence Length and Fluctuation-Induced Interactions of Directed Semiflexible Polymers on Fluctuating surfaces |
| title | Reduced Persistence Length and Fluctuation-Induced Interactions of
Directed Semiflexible Polymers on Fluctuating surfaces |
| title_full | Reduced Persistence Length and Fluctuation-Induced Interactions of
Directed Semiflexible Polymers on Fluctuating surfaces |
| title_fullStr | Reduced Persistence Length and Fluctuation-Induced Interactions of
Directed Semiflexible Polymers on Fluctuating surfaces |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reduced Persistence Length and Fluctuation-Induced Interactions of
Directed Semiflexible Polymers on Fluctuating surfaces |
| title_short | Reduced Persistence Length and Fluctuation-Induced Interactions of
Directed Semiflexible Polymers on Fluctuating surfaces |
| title_sort | reduced persistence length and fluctuation induced interactions of directed semiflexible polymers on fluctuating surfaces |
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