We review the current state on the thermodynamic behavior and structural phases of self- and mutually-attractive dilute semiflexible polymers that undergo temperature-driven transitions. In extreme dilution, polymers may be considered isolated, and this single polymer
undergoes a collapse or folding transition depending on the internal structure. This may go as far as to stable knot phases. Adding polymers results in aggregation, where structural motifs again depend on the internal structure. We discuss in detail the effect of semiflexibility on the collapse and aggregation transition and provide perspectives for interesting future investigations.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:14949 |
| Date | January 2016 |
| Creators | Zierenberg, Johannes, Marenz, Martin, Janke, Wolfhard |
| Contributors | Universität Leipzig |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | doc-type:article, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, doc-type:Text |
| Source | Polymers 2016, 8, 333; doi:10.3390/polym8090333 |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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