Stretching a heteropolymer

被引:55
作者
Bensimon, D
Dohmi, D
Mezard, M
机构
[1] Ecole Normale Super, CNRS, Phys Stat Lab, F-75231 Paris 05, France
[2] Univ Paris 06, Ecole Normale Super, Phys Stat Lab, F-75231 Paris, France
[3] Univ Paris 11, Ecole Normale Super, Phys Stat Lab, F-75231 Paris 05, France
[4] Weizmann Inst Sci, Dept Complex Syst, IL-76100 Rehovot, Israel
[5] Univ Rabat, Dept Phys, Rabat, Morocco
[6] Ecole Normale Super, CNRS, Phys Theor Lab, F-75231 Paris 05, France
[7] Univ Paris 11, Ecole Normale Super, Phys Theor Lab, F-75231 Paris 05, France
来源
EUROPHYSICS LETTERS | 1998年 / 42卷 / 01期
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D O I
10.1209/epl/i1998-00558-3
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We study the influence of some quenched disorder in the sequence of monomers on the entropic elasticity of long polymeric chains. Starting from the Kratky-Porod model, we show numerically that some randomness in the favoured angles between successive segments induces a change in the elongation vs. force characteristics, and this change can be well described by a sample renormalisation of the elastic constant. The effective coupling constant is computed by an analytic study of the low-force regime.
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页码:97 / 102
页数:6
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