Detailed scaling analysis of low-force polyelectrolyte elasticity

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  McIntosh, D B ^a   Ribeck, N ^a   Saleh, O A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOB MODEL; DEBYE LENGTH; FORCE-EXTENSION; IDEAL MODEL; KUHN LENGTHS; LINEARLY PROPORTIONAL; PERSISTENCE LENGTH; POWER LAW; SALT DEPENDENCE; SCALING ANALYSIS; SELF-AVOIDANCE; SELF-AVOIDING POLYMERS; SINGLE-MOLECULE; SINGLE-STRANDED DNA; VOLUME PARAMETERS; WORM-LIKE CHAIN MODELS;

DNA; ELASTICITY; GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 70350077558     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.80.041803     Document Type: Article

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35. Equation assumes γ=2/3, which differs slightly from the measured value (Fig.). However, we have found only a ≈10% difference in the results depending on which exponent is used, thus we ignore the difference, and include the 10% in the estimated uncertainty.