Self-entanglement in ring polymers

• Published in: The Journal of chemical physics Vol. 95; no. 4; pp. 2873 - 2881
• Main Authors: Koniaris, Kleanthes, Muthukumar, M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Woodbury, NY American Institute of Physics 15.08.1991
• Subjects: Condensed matter: structure, mechanical and thermal properties; Disordered solids; Exact sciences and technology; Physics; Structure of solids and liquids; crystallography; Polymer; Models; Molecular entanglement; Flexibility; Ring

We represent ring polymers with the off-lattice rod-bead model. We produce perfect unbiased model instances that have between 32 and 2048 beads. These rings are produced at several different values of bead radius, to represent polymers in solvents of different quality. These instances are subject to...