Real polymer size from the ideal chain molecules model in a diffusive Minkowskian spacetime.
The universal exponent (nu(r)) of the real polymer size (i.e., the excluded volume chain) is derived from constraining the ideal coil model (nu(i) = 12) to a Minkowski-type diffusive spacetime. The square end-to-end distance was expanded in wavenumber power series, whence the leading contribution is extracted according to previously proposed Lorentz transforms acting in Brownian media. In the end, it turns out nu(i) approximately equal to nu(r) sin 1, in good agreement with predictions of the phase transition theory for critical phenomena.
Department of Biophysics, Biochemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Trieste, Via Giorgieri 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy. mezzasalma@bbcm.units.it
Stefano A
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Mezzasalma
D007700:Kinetics; D008954:Models, Biological; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D013995:Time
D011108:Polymers