Statistical mechanics of confined polymer networks

DOI10.1007/S10955-020-02584-2zbMATH Open1475.82023arXiv2006.02309OpenAlexW3101488993MaRDI QIDQ2194199FDOQ2194199

Authors: Bertrand Duplantier, Anthony J Guttmann 

Publication date: 25 August 2020

Published in: Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show how the theory of the critical behaviour of $d$-dimensional polymer networks of arbitrary topology can be generalized to the case of networks confined by hyperplanes. This in particular encompasses the case of a single polymer chain in a bridge configuration. We further define multi-bridge networks, where several vertices are in local bridge configurations. We consider all cases of ordinary, mixed and special surface transitions, and polymer chains made of self-avoiding walks, or of mutually-avoiding walks, or at the tricritical $Theta$-point. In the $Theta$-point case, generalising the good-solvent case, we relate the critical exponent for simple bridges, $gamm{a}_b^{Theta}$, to that of terminally-attached arches, $gamm{a}_{11}^{Theta},$ and to the correlation length exponent $u^{Theta}.$ We find $gamm{a}_b^{Theta}=gamm{a}_{11}^{Theta}+u^{Theta}.$ In the case of the special transition, we find $gamm{a}_b^{Theta}(msp)=frac12[gamm{a}_{11}^{Theta}(msp)+gamm{a}_{11}^{Theta}]+u^{Theta}.$ For general networks, the explicit expression of configurational exponents then naturally involve bulk and surface exponents for multiple random paths. In two-dimensions, we describe their Euclidean exponents from a unified perspective, using Schramm-Loewner Evolution (SLE) in Liouville quantum gravity (LQG), and the so-called KPZ relation between Euclidean and LQG scaling dimensions. This is done in the case of ordinary, mixed and special surface transitions, and of the $Theta$-point. We provide compelling numerical evidence for some of these results both in two- and three-dimensions.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.02309

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zbMATH Keywords

confinementbridgespolymer networksself-avoiding walksmutually-avoiding random walkssurface transitions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Interacting random processes; statistical mechanics type models; percolation theory (60K35) Random walks, random surfaces, lattice animals, etc. in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B41) Brownian motion (60J65) Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B20) Critical phenomena in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B27) Percolation (82B43) Statistical mechanics of polymers (82D60) Stochastic (Schramm-)Loewner evolution (SLE) (60J67)

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