Mechanical Model of Globular Transition in Polymers
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Mechanical Model of Globular Transition in Polymers
In complex, multicomponent systems, polymers often undergo phase transitions between distinct conformations. This paper reports a millimeter-scale granular model of coil-to-globule transitions: one “polymer” chain—a cylinders-on-a-string “pearl necklace”—and many spheres, all shaken on a horizontal surface. It is possible to describe the behavior of this granular system by using formalisms gene...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: ChemPlusChem
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2192-6506
DOI: 10.1002/cplu.201402203