
Abstract
Confinement is a versatile and well-established tool to study the properties of polymers either to understand biological processes or to develop new nanobiomaterials. We investigate the conformations of a semiflexible polymer ring in weak spherical confinement imposed by an impenetrable shell. We develop an analytic argument for the dominating polymer trajectory depending on polymer flexibility considering elastic and entropic contributions. Monte Carlo simulations are performed to assess polymer ring conformations in probability densities and by the shape measures asphericity and nature of asphericity. Comparison of the analytic argument with the mean asphericity and the mean nature of asphericity confirm our reasoning to explain polymer ring conformations in the stiff regime, where elastic response prevails.
Item Type: | Journal article |
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Form of publication: | Publisher's Version |
Faculties: | Physics |
Subjects: | 500 Science > 530 Physics |
URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-epub-16094-1 |
ISSN: | 1539-3755 |
Place of Publication: | ONE PHYSICS ELLIPSE, COLLEGE PK, MD 20740-3844 USA |
Language: | English |
Item ID: | 16094 |
Date Deposited: | 29. Jul 2013 06:31 |
Last Modified: | 07. Sep 2021 09:32 |