# Replica-Averaging: An algorithm to study mechano-reactive processes for polymers under flow conditions

Source: [Replica-Averaging: An algorithm to study mechano-reactive processes for polymers under flow conditions](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa47521e209131ce92721e>)

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Authors: Sagar Kania, Anh H. Nguyen, Alparslan Oztekin, Edmund Webb III

Published: 2022-06-12T22:36:56.000Z

## Abstract

A new method based on quasi-independent parallel simulations approach, replica-averaging, has been developed to study the influence of flow on mechanical force-mediated polymer processes such as denaturation and breaking of bonds. This method considerably mitigates the unphysical prediction of force-mediated events inherent in Brownian dynamics (BD) polymer chain simulations that employ instantaneous force profile-based criteria to identify the occurrence of such events. This inaccuracy in predicting force-mediated event kinetics is due to high fluctuations of the instantaneous force profile around the average force. Replica-averaging reduces such high fluctuation effects by computing a force profile that faithfully represents the average force profile of the polymer chain conformation, which is then used to predict reactive events. For transient conformation conditions, the replica-averaged method more accurately predicts mechano-reactive kinetics than the time-averaged method, typically employed to reduce the unphysical prediction of force-mediated events in BD simulations. Further, the influence of the proposed replica-averaging method parameters on the accuracy of predicting the true average force profile along the polymer is discussed.

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## Original sources and implementation

[Original paper](<https://arxiv.org/abs/2206.05851>)

[PDF](<https://arxiv.org/pdf/2206.05851.pdf>)