SIMULATION STUDY OF POLYMER-CHAIN GEOMETRY IN A ONE-DIMENSIONAL PERIODIC POTENTIAL

Authors
GOULDING DJ TEIXEIRA PIC
Citation
Dj. Goulding et Pic. Teixeira, SIMULATION STUDY OF POLYMER-CHAIN GEOMETRY IN A ONE-DIMENSIONAL PERIODIC POTENTIAL, The Journal of chemical physics, 107(18), 1997, pp. 7530-7536
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Journal title
The Journal of chemical physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00219606
Volume
107
Issue
18
Year of publication
1997
Pages
7530 - 7536
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9606(1997)107:18<7530:SSOPGI>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
The behaviour of a freely-jointed chain in a one-dimensional periodic potential has been investigated by theory and simulation. Chain geomet ry is well described by perturbation theory in the limit of a weak pot ential. By contrast, predictions based on a tight-binding model for co nfinement acid layer-hopping of chains, are found to have much more re stricted validity than previously conjectured. (C) 1997 American Insti tute of Physics.