4 papers
Local entropic effects of polymers grafted to soft interfaces
T. Bickel, C. Jeppesen, C. M. Marques
In this paper, we study the equilibrium properties of polymer chains end-tethered to a fluid membrane. The loss of conformational entropy of the polymer results in an inhomogeneous…
Depletion forces between two spheres in a rod solution
K. Yaman, C. Jeppesen, C. M. Marques
We study the depletion interaction between spherical particles of radius R immersed in a dilute solution of rigid rods of length L. The computed interaction potential is, within nu…
Rods Near Curved Surfaces and in Curved Boxes
K. Yaman, M. Jeng, P. Pincus +2
We consider an ideal gas of infinitely rigid rods near a perfectly repulsive wall, and show that the interfacial tension of a surface with rods on one side is lower when the surfac…
Monte Carlo Study of the Inflation-Deflation Transition in a Fluid Membrane
B. Dammann, H. C. Fogedby, J. H. Ipsen +1
We study the conformation and scaling properties of a self-avoiding fluid membrane, subject to an osmotic pressure , by means of Monte Carlo simulations. Using finite size scali…