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JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS
卷 142, 期 12, 页码 -出版社
AIP Publishing
DOI: 10.1063/1.4916134
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- ERC Advanced Grant INTERCOCOS [267499]
- DFG [SPP 1726]
We study the swelling of a flexible linear chain composed of active particles by analytical theory and computer simulation. Three different situations are considered: a free chain, a chain confined to an external harmonic trap, and a chain dragged at one end. First, we consider an ideal chain with harmonic springs and no excluded volume between the monomers. The Rouse model of polymers is generalized to the case of self-propelled monomers and solved analytically. The swelling, as characterized by the spatial extension of the chain, scales with the monomer number defining a Flory exponent. which is nu = 1/2,0,1 in the three different situations. As a result, we find that activity does not change the Flory exponent but affects the prefactor of the scaling law. This can be quantitatively understood by mapping the system onto an equilibrium chain with a higher effective temperature such that the chain swells under an increase of the self-propulsion strength. We then use computer simulations to study the effect of self-avoidance on active polymer swelling. In the three different situations, the Flory exponent is now nu = 3/4,1/4,1 and again unchanged under self-propulsion. However, the chain extension behaves non-monotonic in the self-propulsion strength. (C) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC.
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