Statistical Mechanics of Semiflexible Bundles of Wormlike Polymer Chains
arXiv:cond-mat/0702097 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.048101
Abstract
We demonstrate that a semiflexible bundle of wormlike chains exhibits a state-dependent bending stiffness that alters fundamentally its scaling behavior with respect to the standard wormlike chain. We explore the equilibrium conformational and mechanical behavior of wormlike bundles in isolation, in crosslinked networks, and in solution.
4 pages, 3 figures, final version as published
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