Statistical ensemble inequivalence for flexible polymers under confinement in various geometries

• Published in: Soft matter Vol. 16; no. 8; pp. 2114 - 2127
• Main Authors: Dutta, Sandipan, Benetatos, Panayotis
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Royal Society of Chemistry 26.02.2020
• Subjects: Confinement; Cylinders; Equations of state; Equivalence; Half spaces; Polymers; Statistics; Stress concentration; Substrates; Tethering; Variation

The problem of statistical ensemble inequivalence for single polymers has been the subject of intense research. In a recent publication, we show that even though the force-extension relation of a free Gaussian chain exhibits ensemble equivalence, confinement to half-space due to tethering to a plana...