| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 65, Number 3, February 2004
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 407 - 413 | |
| Section | Interdisciplinary physics and related areas of science and technology | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2003-10086-2 | |
| Published online | 01 January 2004 | |
First-passage time of cyclization dynamics of a wormlike polymer
1
Department of Physics, University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
2
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National Central University Chungli, Taiwan 320, ROC
3
Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University Taipei, Taiwan 106, ROC
Corresponding author: jeffchen@uwaterloo.ca
Received:
25
August
2003
Accepted:
20
November
2003
The mean first-passage time of cyclization is investigated for a wormlike polymer chain with reactive ends. Using Monte Carlo simulations we examine the dependence of the mean first-passage time on the total number of monomers N and binding force range. We show that the mean first-passage time exhibits a minimum as N varies and display an exponentially large increase as the chain becomes stiff.
PACS: 82.35.-x – Polymers: properties; reactions; polymerization / 61.41.+e – Polymers, elastomers, and plastics / 05.70.Ln – Nonequilibrium and irreversible thermodynamics
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