TY - GEN
T1 - Irreversibility on the structural transition under strain in a single semi-flexible polymer
AU - Yoshinaga, Natsuhiko
AU - Yoshikawa, Kenichi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2004 American Institute of Physics.
PY - 2004/4/30
Y1 - 2004/4/30
N2 - We present a result of molecular dynamics simulation on mechanical unfolding of a semi-flexible polymer in comparison with a flexible polymer. The result shows that the force response changes remarkably depending on the initial morphology of the folded compact state. We also obtain the marked hysteresis in the loading-unloading cycle of a semi-flexible polymer even under slow loading velocity, whereas a flexible polymer does not exhibit hysteresis.
AB - We present a result of molecular dynamics simulation on mechanical unfolding of a semi-flexible polymer in comparison with a flexible polymer. The result shows that the force response changes remarkably depending on the initial morphology of the folded compact state. We also obtain the marked hysteresis in the loading-unloading cycle of a semi-flexible polymer even under slow loading velocity, whereas a flexible polymer does not exhibit hysteresis.
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U2 - 10.1063/1.1764169
DO - 10.1063/1.1764169
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85048154146
T3 - AIP Conference Proceedings
SP - 348
EP - 349
BT - Slow Dynamics in Complex Systems
A2 - Tokuyama, Michio
A2 - Oppenheim, Irwin
PB - American Institute of Physics Inc.
T2 - 3rd International Symposium on Slow Dynamics in Complex Systems
Y2 - 3 November 2003 through 8 November 2003
ER -