How long does it take to pull an ideal polymer into a small hole?
A. Y. Grosberg 1, 2, S. Nechaev 1, 3, M. Tamm 1, 4, O. Vasilyev 3, 5 Physical Review Letters 96 (2006) 228105 We present scaling estimates for characteristic times $\tau_{\rm lin}$ and $\tau_{\rm br}$ of pulling ideal linear and randomly branched polymers of $N$ monomers into a small hole by a force $f$. We show that the absorbtion process develops as sequential straightening of folds of […]
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