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Novel Conformations of Isolated Semiflexible Block Copolymers

Date

Authors

Hernandez-Zapata, E

Cooke, I

Williams, David

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

We investigate the conformations of single regularly-repeating block copolymer chains with rigidity in a poor solvent. We predict the existence of two novel conformations - the stripey torus and the figure eight, and examine the stability of these theoretically.

Keywords

Keywords: Bending (deformation); Brownian movement; Computer simulation; Conformations; DNA; Free energy; Interfacial energy; Rigidity; Solvents; Spheres; Theorem proving; Brownian dynamics simulations; DNA condensation in poor solvent; Semiflexible block copolymer Brownian dynamics simulations; DNA condensation in poor solvent; Semiflexible block copolymers

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/78132

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Physica A: Statistical mechanics and its applications

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.physa.2004.03.060