Effect of a force-free end on the mechanical property of a biopolymer

Effect of a force-free end on the mechanical property of a biopolymer — A path integral approach

Zhou Zicong^{1, †,}, Joós Béla²

z_N versus F when κ = 6, c = 0.5 (black); κ = 2, c = 0.2 (red); and κ = 20, c = 0.1 (green). N_f = 300 in all cases. The lines (solid, dashed, dotted) are the systems with N = N_f and MCS = 3 × 10⁸.^[28] The black solid circle is for a filament with N = 315, the red empty-circle is for a filament with N = 320, and the green empty-square is for a filament with N = 310. MCS = 5 × 10⁶ for circles and squares. Reduced units are used.