On the enumeration of the end-to-end distance distribution in lattice polymers
- 1 August 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 91 (3) , 1885-1896
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.457094
Abstract
A simple matrix method is given that generates the probability distribution for the coordinates of the end of a polymer chain (modeled as a random walk on a regular lattice with a finite range of intrachain correlation). From this information the exact end-to-end distance distribution can be constructed. The method can be applied to specific sequence copolymers and to the distance distribution for arbitrary points within a polymer chain.Keywords
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