| Autor: |
Razbin, Mohammadhosein, Benetatos, Panayotis, Zippelius, Annette |
| Rok vydání: |
2016 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Physical Review E 93.5 (2016): 052408 |
| Druh dokumentu: |
Working Paper |
| DOI: |
10.1103/PhysRevE.93.052408 |
| Popis: |
We analyze the stretching elasticity of a wormlike chain with a tension discontinuity resulting from a Hookean spring connecting its backbone to a fixed point. The elasticity of isolated semiflexible filaments has been the subject in a significant body of literature, primarily because of its relevance to the mechanics of biological matter. In real systems, however, these filaments are usually part of supramolecular structures involving cross-linkers or molecular motors which cause tension discontinuities. Our model is intended as a minimal structural element incorporating such a discontinuity. We obtain analytical results in the weakly bending limit of the filament, concerning its force-extension relation and the response of the two parts in which the filament is divided by the spring. For a small tension discontinuity, the linear response of the filament extension to this discontinuity strongly depends on the external tension. For large external tension $f$, the spring force contributes a subdominant correction $\sim 1/f^{3/2}$ to the well known $\sim 1/\sqrt{f}$ dependence of the end-to-end extension. |
| Databáze: |
arXiv |
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