# Role of temperature and alignment activity on kinetics of coil-globule transition of a flexible polymer

Source: [Role of temperature and alignment activity on kinetics of coil-globule transition of a flexible polymer](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa41831e209131ce8fb89b>)

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Authors: Subhajit Paul, Suman Majumder, Wolfhard Janke

Published: 2022-02-04T00:09:48.000Z

## Abstract

We study the nonequilibrium kinetics during the coil-globule transition of a flexible polymer chain with active beads after a quench from good to poor solvent condition using molecular dynamics simulation. Activity for each bead is introduced via the well-known Vicsek-like alignment rule due to which the velocity of a bead tries to align towards the average direction of its neighbors. We investigate the role of quenching temperature with varying activity during collapse of this polymer. We find that although for lower activities the kinetics remains qualitatively similar for different temperatures, for higher activity noticeable differences can be identified.

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## Original sources and implementation

[Original paper](<https://arxiv.org/abs/2202.01912>)

[PDF](<https://arxiv.org/pdf/2202.01912.pdf>)