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ArticlePolymers2020

Topological Disentanglement of Linear Polymers under Tension.

Michele Caraglio, Boris Marcone, Fulvio Baldovin, Enzo Orlandini, Attilio L Stella

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Article in Polymers, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 authors.

Michele CaraglioInstitut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 21A, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.ORCID 0000-0001-6567-6923
Boris MarconeIstituto Tecnico Economico Tecnologico Statale 'L. Einaudi', via Tommaso D'Aquino 8, I-36061 Bassano del Grappa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9209-1322
Fulvio BaldovinDipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia and Sezione INFN Università di Padova, Via Marzolo 8, I-35131 Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3460-9327
Enzo OrlandiniDipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia and Sezione INFN Università di Padova, Via Marzolo 8, I-35131 Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3680-9488
Attilio L StellaDipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia and Sezione INFN Università di Padova, Via Marzolo 8, I-35131 Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6354-0010

Funding

Austrian Science Fund FWF P 28687
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We develop a theoretical description of the topological disentanglement occurring when torus knots reach the ends of a semiflexible polymer under tension. These include decays into simpler knots and total unknotting. The minimal number of crossings and the minimal knot contour length are the topological invariants playing a key role in the model. The crossings behave as particles diffusing along the chain and the application of appropriate boundary conditions at the ends of the chain accounts for the knot disentanglement. Starting from the number of particles and their positions, suitable rules allow reconstructing the type and location of the knot moving on the chain Our theory is extensively benchmarked with corresponding molecular dynamics simulations and the results show a remarkable agreement between the simulations and the theoretical predictions of the model.

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knot diffusionphysical knotstopological disentanglement

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PMID33153057
PMCPMC7692779

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