Xiaolin Zhou
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Xiaolin Zhou has a total of 4 co-authors. Here are the top co-authors by number of shared publications:
- Fuchen Guo
Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
1 shared publication - Ke Li
Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
1 shared publication - Linli He
Department of Physics, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, China
1 shared publication - Linxi Zhang
Zhejiang University
1 shared publication
Latest Publications
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Entropy-Induced Separation of Binary Semiflexible Ring Polymer Mixtures in Spherical Confinement
Coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations are used to investigate the conformations of binary semiflexible ring polymers (SRPs) of two different lengths confined in a hard sphere. Segregated structures of SRPs in binary mixtures are strongly dependent upon the number density of system (ρ), the bending energy of long SRPs (Kb, long), and the chain length ratio of long to short SRPs (α). With a low ρ or a weak Kb, long at a small ratio α, long SRPs are immersed randomly in the matrix of short SRPs. As ρ and bending energy of long SRPs (Kb, long) are increased up to a certain value for a large ratio α, a nearly complete segregation between long and short SRPs is observed, which can be further characterized by the ratio of tangential and radial components of long SRPs velocity. These explicit segregated structures of the two components in spherical confinement are induced by a delicate competition between the entropic excluded volume (depletion) effects and bending contributions.
Open AccessEntropy-Induced Separation of Binary Semiflexible Ring Polymer Mixtures in Spherical Confinement
Coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations are used to investigate the conformations of binary semiflexible ring polymers (SRPs) of two different lengths confined in a hard sphere. Segregated structures of SRPs in binary mixtures are strongly dependent upon the number density of system (ρ), the bending energy of long SRPs (Kb, long), and the chain length ratio of long to short SRPs (α). With a low ρ or a weak Kb, long at a small ratio α, long SRPs are immersed randomly in the matrix of short SRPs. As ρ and bending energy of long SRPs (Kb, long) are increased up to a certain value for a large ratio α, a nearly complete segregation between long and short SRPs is observed, which can be further characterized by the ratio of tangential and radial components of long SRPs velocity. These explicit segregated structures of the two components in spherical confinement are induced by a delicate competition between the entropic excluded volume (depletion) effects and bending contributions.