Attractive and repulsive polymer-mediated forces between scale-free surfaces

We consider forces acting on objects immersed in, or attached to, long fluctuating polymers. The confinement of the polymer by the obstacles results in polymer-mediated forces that can be repulsive (due to loss of entropy) or attractive (if some or all surfaces are covered by adsorbing layers). The...

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Main Authors: Kantor, Yacov (Author), Kardar, Mehran (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society, 2018-04-03T19:36:11Z.
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