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Dynamics of Polymer Decompression: Expansion, Unfolding and Ejection
Takahiro Sakaue, Natsuhiko Yoshinaga
The dynamics of polymer decompression, i.e., a process from compressed, compact state to the relaxed swoll en conformation, can be formally described as a {\it nonlinear diffusion}…
On the Adsorption of Two-State Polymers
Natsuhiko Yoshinaga, Efim Kats, Avraham Halperin
Monte Carlo(MC) simulations produce evidence that annealed copolymers incorporating two interconverting monomers, P and H, adsorb as homopolymers with an effective adsorption energ…
Folding and unfolding kinetics of a single semiflexible polymer
Natsuhiko Yoshinaga
We theoretically investigate the kinetics of the folding transition of a single semiflexible polymer. In the folding transition, the growth rate decrease with an increase in the nu…
Core-shell structures in single flexible-semiflexible block copolymers: Finding the free energy minimum for the folding transition
Natsuhiko Yoshinaga, Kenichi Yoshikawa
We investigate the folding transition of a single diblock copolymer consisting of a semiflexible and a flexible block. We obtain a {\it Saturn-shaped} core-shell conformation in th…
Different pathways in mechanical unfolding/folding cycle of a single semiflexible polymer
Natsuhiko Yoshinaga, Kenichi Yoshikawa, Takao Ohta
Kinetics of conformational change of a semiflexible polymer under mechanical external field were investigated with Langevin dynamics simulations. It is found that a semiflexible po…