Dynamics of anchored polymers under an oscillating force

A.K. Chattopadhyay; D. Marenduzzo

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.088101

Dynamics of anchored polymers under an oscillating force

A.K. Chattopadhyay
, D. Marenduzzo

University of Edinburgh
Università degli Studi di Padova

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Abstract

We study the dynamics of a polymer of varying stiffness, pinned or grafted at both ends and subjected to an oscillatory forcing at an intermediate point. Via stochastic simulations, we find a crossover from a periodic limit cycle to an aperiodic dynamics as the polymer gets "stiffer." An analytical argument valid in the 2D grafted case shows that in such a case this aperiodic dynamics has some chaotic signatures. © 2007 The American Physical Society.

Original language	English
Article number	088101
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	98
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.088101
Publication status	Published - 20 Feb 2007

Keywords

atomic physics
computer simulation
molecular dynamics
oscillators (mechanical)
random processes
stiffness
anchored polymer molecule
chaotic signatures
oscillatory forcing
stochastic simulations
organic polymers

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