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Confinement induces conformational transition of semiflexible polymer rings to figure eight form

  • University of Munich

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Abstract

Employing Monte Carlo simulations of semiflexible polymer rings in weak spherical confinement a conformational transition to figure eight shaped, writhed configurations is discovered and quantified.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3467-3471
Number of pages5
JournalSoft Matter
Volume6
Issue number15
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 Aug 2010
Externally publishedYes

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