# Folding and unfolding kinetics of a single semiflexible polymer

Source: [Folding and unfolding kinetics of a single semiflexible polymer](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa28312c2a3760193c7115>)

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Authors: Natsuhiko Yoshinaga

Published: 2008-04-17T12:21:28.000Z

## Abstract

We theoretically investigate the kinetics of the folding transition of a single semiflexible polymer. In the folding transition, the growth rate decrease with an increase in the number of monomers in a collapsed domain, suggesting that the main contribution to dissipation is from the motion of the domain. In the unfolding transition, dynamic scaling exponents, 1/8 and 1/4, were determined for disentanglement and relaxation steps, respectively. We performed Langevin dynamics simulations to test our theory. It is found that our theory is in good agreement with simulations. We also propose the kinetics of the transitions in the presence of the hydrodynamic interaction.

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## Original sources and implementation

[Original paper](<https://arxiv.org/abs/0804.2782>)

[PDF](<https://arxiv.org/pdf/0804.2782.pdf>)