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dc.contributor.authorFaghfoor Maghrebi, Mohammad
dc.contributor.authorKantor, Yacov
dc.contributor.authorKardar, Mehran
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-24T17:08:11Z
dc.date.available2013-01-24T17:08:11Z
dc.date.issued2011-12
dc.date.submitted2011-09
dc.identifier.issn0295-5075
dc.identifier.issn1286-4854
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/76595
dc.description.abstractWe consider polymers attached to the tip of a cone, and the resulting force due to entropy loss on approaching a plate (or another cone). At separations shorter than the polymer radius of gyration Rg, the only relevant length scale is the tip-plate (or tip-tip) separation h, and the entropic force is given by F=Ak[subscript B]T/h. The universal amplitude A can be related to (geometry dependent) correlation exponents of long polymers. We compute A for phantom polymers, and for self-avoiding (including star) polymers by epsilon-expansion, as well as by numerical simulations in 3 dimensions.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant DMR-08-03315)en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant PHY05-51164)en_US
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherIOP Publishingen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/96/66002en_US
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/en_US
dc.sourcearXiven_US
dc.titleEntropic force of polymers on a cone tipen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.citationMaghrebi, Mohammad F., Yacov Kantor, and Mehran Kardar. “Entropic Force of Polymers on a Cone Tip.” EPL (Europhysics Letters) 96.6 (2011): 66002.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physicsen_US
dc.contributor.mitauthorFaghfoor Maghrebi, Mohammad
dc.contributor.mitauthorKardar, Mehran
dc.relation.journalEurophysics Lettersen_US
dc.eprint.versionAuthor's final manuscripten_US
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticleen_US
eprint.statushttp://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerRevieweden_US
dspace.orderedauthorsMaghrebi, Mohammad F.; Kantor, Yacov; Kardar, Mehranen
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1112-5912
mit.licenseOPEN_ACCESS_POLICYen_US
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