Polymer stretching by turbulence
The stretching of a polymer chain by a large-scale chaotic flow is considered. The steady state which emerges as a balance of the turbulent stretching and anharmonic resistance of the chain is quantitatively described, i.e., the dependency on the flow parameters (Lyapunov exponent statistics) and the chain characteristics (the number of beads and the interbead elastic potential) is made explicit.
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Theoretical Division, T-13 & CNLS, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.