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The worm-like chain (WLC) model in polymer physics is used to describe the behavior of semi-flexible polymers; it is the continuous version of the Kratky-Porod model. == Theoretical Considerations == The WLC model envisions an isotropic rod that is continuously flexible. This is in contrast to the freely-jointed chain model that is flexible only between discrete segments. The worm-like chain model is particularly suited for describing stiffer polymers, with successive segments displaying a sort of cooperativity: all pointing in roughly the same direction. At room temperature, the polymer adopts a conformational ensemble that is smoothly curved; at K, the polymer adopts a rigid rod conformation.〔 For a polymer of length , parametrize the path of the polymer as , allow to be the unit tangent vector to the chain at , and to be the position vector along the chain. Then : and the end-to-end distance .〔 It can be shown that the orientation correlation function for a worm-like chain follows an exponential decay:〔〔 :, where is by definition the polymer's characteristic persistence length. A useful value is the mean square end-to-end distance of the polymer:〔〔 , * Note that in the limit of , then . This can be used to show that a Kuhn segment is equal to twice the persistence length of a worm-like chain.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Worm-like chain」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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