Freely relaxing polymers remember how they were straightened

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Title:	Freely relaxing polymers remember how they were straightened
Creators Name:	Obermayer, B., Moebius, W., Hallatschek, O., Frey, E. and Kroy, K.
Abstract:	The relaxation of initially straight semiflexible polymers has been discussed mainly with respect to the longest relaxation time. The biologically relevant nonequilibrium dynamics on shorter times is comparatively poorly understood, partly because "initially straight" can be realized in manifold ways. Combining Brownian dynamics simulations and systematic theory, we demonstrate how different experimental preparations give rise to specific short-time and universal long-time dynamics. We also discuss boundary effects and the onset of the stretch-coil transition.
Keywords:	Biomechanics, Brownian Motion, Molecular Biophysics, Polymers
Source:	Physical Review E
ISSN:	1539-3755
Publisher:	American Physical Society
Volume:	79
Number:	2 Pt 1
Page Range:	021804
Date:	February 2009
Official Publication:	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.79.021804
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