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Different statistical mechanical ensembles for a stretched polymer.

J T Titantah1, C Pierleoni, J P Ryckaert

  • 1Département de Physique, Code Postale 223, Université Libre de Bruxelles, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium.

Physical Review. E, Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics
|April 24, 2002
PubMed
Summary

The stress and strain ensembles yield different polymer elasticity laws. These differences, quantified by Delta(O), are significant in good solvents and depend on chain stretching, impacting experimental data interpretation.

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Area of Science:

  • Polymer Physics
  • Statistical Mechanics
  • Physical Chemistry

Background:

  • Different statistical mechanical ensembles (stress vs. strain) are used to model single polymer chains.
  • The elasticity laws derived from these ensembles, R(f) and f(R), are not equivalent.
  • Understanding these ensemble differences is crucial for interpreting polymer behavior.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To systematically study the differences between stress and strain ensembles for polymer elasticity.
  • To analyze the quantity Delta(O) = (f) - (R) for various polymer models.
  • To investigate the impact of chain stretching and solvent quality on these ensemble differences.

Main Methods:

  • Theoretical analysis of polymer elasticity laws in conjugated ensembles.

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  • Expansion of ensemble differences Delta(O) in terms of end-to-end vector fluctuations.
  • Monte Carlo simulations for polymer models with excluded volume and finite extensibility.

    • Main Results:

    • Ensemble differences Delta(f) scale as 1/N for large N in Gaussian and freely jointed chains.
    • Delta(f) vanishes for Gaussian chains at any finite N.
    • In good solvents, Delta(f) ~ 1/N is limited to the Pincus (highly stretched) regime.
    • Significant ensemble differences (~20%) are observed when chains are stretched to ~R0.

    Conclusions:

    • The choice of ensemble (stress vs. strain) significantly affects polymer elasticity laws.
    • Ensemble differences are pronounced in good solvents and at moderate stretching.
    • Experimental interpretation of single-chain micromanipulation data should consider the applied constraints.