Semiflexible Polymers in the Bulk and Confined by Planar Walls
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Coarse-Grained Models for Semiflexible Polymers
2.1. Molecular Dynamics
2.2. Density Functional Theory
2.3. A Brief Review of Earlier Theories
3. Phase Behavior and Nematic Order of Semiflexible Macromolecules in Bulk Solution
3.1. The Isotropic-Nematic Transition and Its Dependence on , L, and d
3.2. Nematic Order Described as an Effective Cylindrical Confinement
4. Semiflexible Chains Confined by Repulsive Walls
5. Summary
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Egorov SA, Milchev A, Binder K. Semiflexible Polymers in the Bulk and Confined by Planar Walls. Polymers. 2016; 8(8):296. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym8080296
Chicago/Turabian StyleEgorov, Sergei A., Andrey Milchev, and Kurt Binder. 2016. "Semiflexible Polymers in the Bulk and Confined by Planar Walls" Polymers 8, no. 8: 296. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym8080296