Simulation numérique de l’effet du volume exclu sur les conformations des polymères.

Abstract

The very wide variety of macromolecular sequences offers a wide range of conformations ranging from rigid rods, or even single or multi-catenary helical structures to the statistical ball characterized by a very large number of states. The study of the conformations of the isolated macromolecular chain must take into account, inter alia, the effect of the excluded volume on the structural quantities, the end-to-end distance and the radius of gyration. These three main factors responsible for the macromolecular conformations will be studied and analyzed by numerical simulation using a python programming language based on the stochastic process of Brownian motion.