Releasing a stretched polymer chain: Scaling and Monte Carlo studies

Pik Yin Lai; Yu Jane Sheng; Heng Kwong Tsao

doi:10.1016/S0378-4371(98)00016-8

Releasing a stretched polymer chain: Scaling and Monte Carlo studies

Pik Yin Lai, Yu Jane Sheng, Heng Kwong Tsao

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The non-equilibrium relaxation behavior of releasing an initially stretched polymer chain is investigated by scaling calculations and Monte Carlo simulations. Different relaxation dynamics are found for three regions which are the linear, Pincus and model-dependent regimes. The non-equilibrium relaxation time is derived in these three regimes. These results are confirmed by our Monte Carlo data and compared with recent experiments. Detail chain configurations during the relaxation process are analyzed from the simulation data. The time dependence of the size of the chain and the non-equilibrium relaxation are discussed in the light of scaling theories.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	280-291
Number of pages	12
Journal	Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
Volume	254
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-4371(98)00016-8
State	Published - 15 May 1998

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