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what is the disenbaein of the end to end distance of he walk

D Free energy of an ideal chain

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entropic spring

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polymer 2

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polymer
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matter gas g feud
C hard chain connectivity

2 How to characterize the physical properties of a polymer

size
shape
elasticity
energy
hee energy
entropy
i

As will the keyword in polymer

we see nose important
physics is doin conneceiving We will model a
polymer
using a random walk RW

n ft

polymer off lattice lattice

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the end ro end distance vendor to a F Fit Ten I 1 6

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dimension
T
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R2 6 Dt Cin 3D
diffusion constant
or

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If circular branched etc
0
x.ee
A We cannot define the end to end distance but
we can define the radius of gyration

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Syfy of the polymer

There areseveral different ways of solving

this For example if you use the diffusion
analogy you will guess that the distribat
of one chain and w r e the other end
MUST be Gaussian That press turns out
backward forward
x
To be correct
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seek sup
forward backward

t N
Cit's 9 Y IT i
9 2
Total of
possible traces
after N steps t combinetins fu W 2 seeps forward
2
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we
NII N
2

the binomial coefficient is

N
W CN K NI
Ne N NII I a

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w CN K

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4 What is the entropy of a RW How about the free energy

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S CN Ti k du JL Cair
ensemble of all chain contributions
where the end to end Ids'sseance is Tri
Cobetween I 9Thtalk after N steps

calculate 06 entropy from psacn.pt t

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from.E dB
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independent
of R
kT
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const

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entropic spring
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2X Tfr
entropic spicy cash
2 T
2 11N

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the Sziff de spray
to
compare
solid leg metal

5 Pair correlations what is oh S

i Le is the probability to find a mononen

b 20 within a distance r fwm a given monomer

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 Them of approaching
NB are
very different ways
two

polymer physics and

safe matter physics in general
There are physecises who like formalism fanath
and consider polymer
physics as a playground
exercise field Theoretic
ng approaches
The other pioneeredby de Gennes Pincus and
group
hers take scaling approaches Bart de Gennes
himself originally came frm a formal school This
ladder group focuses on the physical snzuiden In
understanding their systems I personally belong to This ghou
C so is Prof Palacci

Examples All of de following definitions of an idealchain

describes 6 same physics and Wu have
exponent
A N 3D
prefactor
is a

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7
f A
f

d
lattice
square triangular lattice
freely neatly ohel
A b A Haw
A
J oI
coso
b

or
Y Nk Rg
scales as

Hereafter we focus on the scaling properties of the system

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