| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 75, Number 6, September 2006
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 971 - 977 | |
| Section | Interdisciplinary physics and related areas of science and technology | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2006-10206-6 | |
| Published online | 16 August 2006 | |
First-passage problem for the Rouse polymer chain: An exact solution
1
Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Leeds - Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
2
Institut Charles Sadron-CNRS UP 22 - 6 rue Boussingault 67083 Strasbourg Cedex, France
Received:
14
June
2006
Accepted:
25
July
2006
We solve the first-passage problem of a non-Markovian process arising in the reaction diffusion theory of polymer chains. By considering the Rouse chain, a free-draining dynamic model of a polymer where the chain monomers are represented by beads and the chain connectivity by harmonic springs, we develop an exact analytical method for describing the kinetics of end-chain reactions. Our analytical results illuminate the approximations used previously and are in perfect agreement with numerical stochastic simulations.
PACS: 82.37.Np – Single molecule reaction kinetics, dissociation, etc / 82.35.-x – Polymers: properties; reactions; polymerization
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