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EPL
Volume 102, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
EPL ASSOCIATION, EUROPEAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY
DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/102/38003
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- International Graduate School of Science and Engineering (IGSSE) of the TUM
- Institute of Advanced Studies of the TUM
- NSF under DMR [1006128]
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [1006128] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Division Of Materials Research [1006128] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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We present the determination by numerical simulation of the equilibrium phase diagram of solutions of semi-flexible polymers with linker molecules. At low linker concentrations the solution forms an isotropic gel phase. At higher linker concentrations we encounter-depending on the properties of the linker molecules-bundle phases, liquid-crystalline mesophases with broken bond-orientational order that had been predicted by analytical theories, and in addition a novel equilibrium state: the cluster phase. Equilibrium condensation of semi-flexible polymers appears to be controlled by linker entropy. The results are compared with the phase behavior of solutions of biopolymers and linker proteins. Copyright (C) EPLA, 2013
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