Polymer chains in confined spaces and flow-injection problems: some remarks
arXiv:cond-mat/0506803 · doi:10.1021/ma0514424
Abstract
We revisit the classical problem of the behavior of an isolated linear polymer chain in confined spaces, introducing the distinction between two different confinement regimes (the {\it weak} and the {\it strong} confinement regimes, respectively). We then discuss some recent experimental findings concerning the partitioning of individual polymers into protein pores. We also generalize our study to the case of branched polymers, and study the flow-injection properties of such objects into nanoscopic pores, for which the strong confinement regime plays an important role.
Submitted June 2005
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