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- Non-Markovian dynamics of reaction coordinate in polymer folding doi link

Auteur(s): Sakaue Takahiro, Walter J.-C., Carlon Enrico, Vanderzande Carlo

(Article) Publié: Soft Matter, vol. 13 p.317 (2017)
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DOI: 10.1039/c7sm00395a
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Résumé:

We develop a theoretical description of the critical zipping dynamics of a self-folding polymer. We use tension propagation theory and the formalism of the generalized Langevin equation applied to a polymer that contains two complementary parts which can bind to each other. At the critical temperature, the (un)zipping is unbiased and the two strands open and close as a zipper. The number of closed base pairs $n(t)$ displays a subdiffusive motion characterized by a variance growing as $\langle \Delta n^2(t) \rangle \sim t^\alpha$ with $\alpha < 1$ at long times. Our theory provides an estimate of both the asymptotic anomalous exponent $\alpha$ and of the subleading correction term, which are both in excellent agreement with numerical simulations. The results indicate that the tension propagation theory captures the relevant features of the dynamics and shed some new insights on related polymer problems characterized by anomalous dynamical behavior.



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