Dynamical eigenmodes of a polymerized membrane

DOI10.1088/1742-5468/2013/04/P04009zbMATH Open1456.82956arXiv1212.1024MaRDI QIDQ3301574FDOQ3301574

Authors: Rick Keesman, G. T. Barkema, Debabrata Panja 

Publication date: 11 August 2020

Published in: Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the bead-spring model for a polymerized phantom membrane in the overdamped limit, which is the two-dimensional generalization of the well-known Rouse model for polymers. We derive the {it exact} eigenmodes of the membrane dynamics (the "Rouse modes"). This allows us to obtain exact analytical expressions for virtually any equilibrium or dynamical quantity for the membrane. As examples we determine the radius of gyration, the mean square displacement of a tagged bead, and the autocorrelation function of the difference vector between two tagged beads. Interestingly, even in the presence of tensile forces of any magnitude the Rouse modes remain the exact eigenmodes for the membrane. With stronger forces the membrane becomes essentially flat, and does not get the opportunity to intersect itself; in such a situation our analysis provides a useful and exactly soluble approach to the dynamics for a realistic model flat membrane under tension.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1212.1024

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics of polymers (82D60) Interface problems; diffusion-limited aggregation in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C24)

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