Entropic force of a polymer attached to a conical tip
How many polymers fluctuate on the tip of a pin?
Mehran Kardar
Mohammad Maghrebi, Yacov Kantor
Outline
I. Entropic force on polymers: Relation to other polymer exponents
II. Phantom polymers: Exact results from the diffusion propagator
III. Self-avoiding polymers: Numerical results, and ε-expansions
IV. Many polymers: Results from star polymers