Analog modeling of Worm-Like Chain molecules using macroscopic beads-on-a-string

Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2012 Jul 7;14(25):9041-6. doi: 10.1039/c2cp40593h. Epub 2012 May 28.

Abstract

This paper describes an empirical model of polymer dynamics, based on the agitation of millimeter-sized polymeric beads. Although the interactions between the particles in the macroscopic model and those between the monomers of molecular-scale polymers are fundamentally different, both systems follow the Worm-Like Chain theory.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Molecular Dynamics Simulation*
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Polymers / chemistry*
  • Stress, Mechanical

Substances

  • Polymers