Linear and ring polymers in confined geometries
Authors:
- Zoryana Usatenko,
- Piotr Kuterba,
- Hassan Chamati,
- Dirk Romeis
Abstract
A short overview of the theoretical and experimental works on the polymer-colloid mixtures is given. The behaviour of a dilute solution of linear and ring polymers in confined geometries like slit of two parallel walls or in the solution of mesoscopic colloidal particles of big size with different adsorbing or repelling properties in respect to polymers is discussed. Besides, we consider the massive field theory approach in fixed space dimensions d = 3 for the investigation of the interaction between long flexible polymers and mesoscopic colloidal particles of big size and for the calculation of the correspondent depletion interaction potentials and the depletion forces between confining walls. The presented results indicate the interesting and nontrivial behavior of linear and ring polymers in confined geometries and give possibility better to understand the complexity of physical effects arising from confinement and chain topology which plays a significant role in the shaping of individual chromosomes and in the process of their segregation, especially in the case of elongated bacterial cells. The possibility of using linear and ring polymers for production of new types of nano- and micro-electromechanical devices is analyzed.
- Record ID
- CUT26a53136418c48d4b940658088381d10
- Publication categories
- ;
- Author
- Journal series
- The European Physical Journal Special Topics, ISSN 1951-6355, e-ISSN 1951-6401
- Issue year
- 2017
- Vol
- 226
- No
- 4
- Pages
- 651-665
- Other elements of collation
- rys.; tab.; wykr.; Bibliografia (na s.) - 664-665; Bibliografia (liczba pozycji) - 73; Oznaczenie streszczenia - Abstr.; Numeracja w czasopiśmie - Vol. 226, Iss. 4
- Keywords in English
- polymer physics, theory
- DOI
- DOI:10.1140/epjst/e2016-60335-0 Opening in a new tab
- URL
- https://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjst/e2016-60335-0 Opening in a new tab
- Language
- eng (en) English
- License
- Score (nominal)
- 30
- Additional fields
- Indeksowana w: Web of Science, Scopus
- Uniform Resource Identifier
- https://cris.pk.edu.pl/info/article/CUT26a53136418c48d4b940658088381d10/
- URN
urn:pkr-prod:CUT26a53136418c48d4b940658088381d10
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