Elongation and fluctuations of semi-flexible polymers in a nematic solvent

Z. Dogic, J. Zhang, A. W. C. Lau +7

We directly visualize single polymers with persistence lengths ranging from ${\ell }_p=0.05$ to 16 $\mu$m, dissolved in the nematic phase of rod-like {\it fd} virus. Polymers with suffi…