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Understanding looping kinetics of a long polymer molecule in solution. Exact solution for delta function sink model

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  • Ganguly, Moumita
  • Chakraborty, Aniruddha

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A diffusion theory for intramolecular reactions of polymer chain in dilute solution is formulated. We give a detailed analytical expression for calculation of rate of polymer looping in solution. The physical problem of looping can be modeled mathematically with the use of a Smoluchowski-like equation with a Dirac delta function sink of finite strength. The solution of this equation is expressed in terms of Laplace Transform of the Green’s function for end-to-end motion of the polymer in absence of the sink. We have defined two different rate constants, the long term rate constant and the average rate constant. The average rate constant and long term rate constant varies with several parameters such as length of the polymer (N), bond length (b) and the relaxation time τR. The long term rate constant is independent of the initial probability distribution.

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  • Ganguly, Moumita & Chakraborty, Aniruddha, 2017. "Understanding looping kinetics of a long polymer molecule in solution. Exact solution for delta function sink model," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 484(C), pages 163-167.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:484:y:2017:i:c:p:163-167
    DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2017.04.083
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    1. Saravanan, Rajendran & Chakraborty, Aniruddha, 2019. "Reaction–diffusion system: Fate of a Gaussian probability distribution on flat potential with a sink," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 536(C).

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