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Biased diffusion induces coil deformation via a ‘cracking‐the‐whip’ effect of acceleration generated by dynamic heterogeneity along a polymer chain
Author(s) -
Li Juan,
Hu Wenbing
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
polymer international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.592
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1097-0126
pISSN - 0959-8103
DOI - 10.1002/pi.4801
Subject(s) - acceleration , electromagnetic coil , nonlinear system , deformation (meteorology) , mechanics , brownian motion , diffusion , materials science , physics , classical mechanics , thermodynamics , composite material , quantum mechanics
Our Brownian Dynamic simulations of single polymers revealed the non‐linear factor of dynamic heterogeneity in the integration of monomer Brownian motions, which results in coil deformation upon biased polymer diffusion.