Density fluctuations of polymers in disordered media

J. M. Deutsch; M. Olvera De La Cruz

doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.83.031801

Density fluctuations of polymers in disordered media

J. M. Deutsch, M. Olvera De La Cruz

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We study self-avoiding random walks in an environment where sites are excluded randomly, in two and three dimensions. For a single polymer chain, we study the statistics of the time averaged monomer density and show that these are well described by multifractal statistics. This is true even far from the percolation transition of the disordered medium. We investigate solutions of chains in a disordered environment and show that the statistics cease to be multifractal beyond the screening length of the solution.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	031801
Journal	Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
Volume	83
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.83.031801
State	Published - Mar 2 2011

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Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Statistics and Probability
Condensed Matter Physics

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