| dc.contributor.author | Dai, Liang | |
| dc.contributor.author | Doyle, Patrick S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Renner, Christopher Benjamin | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-01-23T18:07:20Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-01-23T18:07:20Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-01 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2014-10 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0031-9007 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1079-7114 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/93176 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Recent theoretical progress has explained the physics of knotting of semiflexible polymers, yet knotting of flexible polymers is relatively unexplored. We herein develop a new theory for the size distribution of knots on a flexible polymer and the existence of metastable knots. We show the free energy of a flexible molecule in a tube can be mapped to quantitatively reproduce the free energy distribution of a knot on a flexible chain. The size distribution of knots on flexible chains is expected to be universal and might be observed at a macroscopic scale, such as a string of hard balls. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant 1335938) | en_US |
| dc.publisher | American Physical Society | en_US |
| dc.relation.isversionof | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.037801 | en_US |
| dc.rights | Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. | en_US |
| dc.source | American Physical Society | en_US |
| dc.title | Origin of Metastable Knots in Single Flexible Chains | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Dai, Liang, C. Benjamin Renner, and Patrick S. Doyle. "Origin of Metastable Knots in Single Flexible Chains." Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 037801 (January 2015). © 2015 American Physical Society | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemical Engineering | en_US |
| dc.contributor.mitauthor | Renner, Christopher Benjamin | en_US |
| dc.contributor.mitauthor | Doyle, Patrick S. | en_US |
| dc.relation.journal | Physical Review Letters | en_US |
| dc.eprint.version | Final published version | en_US |
| dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle | en_US |
| eprint.status | http://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerReviewed | en_US |
| dc.date.updated | 2015-01-22T23:00:06Z | |
| dc.language.rfc3066 | en | |
| dc.rights.holder | American Physical Society | |
| dspace.orderedauthors | Dai, Liang; Renner, C. Benjamin; Doyle, Patrick S. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1687-4522 | |
| mit.license | PUBLISHER_POLICY | en_US |
| mit.metadata.status | Complete | |
