title: A generalization of the bond fluctuation model to viscoelastic environments.
abstract: A lattice-based simulation method for polymer diffusion in a viscoelastic medium is presented. This method combines the eight-site bond fluctuation model with an algorithm for the simulation of fractional Brownian motion on the lattice. The method applies to unentangled self-avoiding chains and is probed for anomalous diffusion exponents α between 0.7 and 1.0. The simulation results are in very good agreement with the predictions of the generalized Rouse model of a self-avoiding chain polymer in a viscoelastic medium.
authors: German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Division Biophysics of Macromolecules, INF 580, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
authors: Christian C
authors: CC
authors: Fritsch