| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 62, Number 2, April 2003
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 285 - 291 | |
| Section | Interdisciplinary physics and related areas of science and technology | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2003-00139-0 | |
| Published online | 01 April 2003 | |
Unbundling and desorption of semiflexible polymers
Max-Planck-Institut für Kolloid- und Grenzflächenforschung
14424 Potsdam, Germany
Received:
13
December
2002
Accepted:
10
February
2003
A complete classification for unbundling transitions of two
semiflexible polymers and for desorption transitions of such
polymers at planar surfaces is presented. The interaction
potentials can depend both on the polymer/polymer (or
polymer/surface) separation and on the orientation of the
polymers. Using analytical transfer matrix methods and scaling
arguments, the order of the transitions and the corresponding
critical exponents are obtained for all types of interaction
potentials in arbitrary spatial dimension 
. Our
results are applicable to biopolymers or polyelectrolytes with
large persistence lengths such as actin filaments, microtubules,
or DNA.
PACS: 87.15.-v – Biomolecules: structure and physical properties / 87.15.Aa – Theory and modeling; computer simulation / 64.70.-p – Specific phase transitions
© EDP Sciences, 2003
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