The diffusion coefficient of a polymer in an array of obstacles is a non-monotonic function of the degree of disorder in the medium

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 364, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 448-452

  Hickey, Owen A ^a   Slater, Gary W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anomalous diffusion; Diffusion; Entropic trapping; Polymer physics; Reptation

Indexed keywords

INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POLYMERS;

ANOMALOUS DIFFUSION; ENTROPIC TRAPPING; NON-MONOTONIC DEPENDENCE; NON-MONOTONIC FUNCTION; POLYMER PHYSICS; REPTATION; SMALL DISPLACEMENT; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 33947690825     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2006.12.039     Document Type: Article

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