Polymer collapse in the presence of hydrodynamic interactions.
We investigate numerically the dynamical behaviour of a polymer chain collapsing in a dilute solution. The rate of collapse is measured with and without the presence of hydrodynamic interactions. We find that hydrodynamic interactions both accelerate polymer collapse and alter the folding pathway.
Kikuchi
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Department of Physics, Theoretical Physics, 1 Keble Road, Oxford, OX1 3NP, UK. n.kikuchi1@physics.ox.ac.uk
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Yeomans
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