AI Article Synopsis
- Semiflexible polymers create unique filamentous networks that differ from traditional polymer solutions.
- Coarse-grained simulations reveal that varying filament flexibility and separation lead to diverse structures like branching bundles and knots.
- These findings can help improve the design of engineered semiflexible polymers for various applications.
Article Abstract
Semiflexible polymers can generate a range of filamentous networks significantly different in structure from those seen in conventional polymer solutions. Our coarse-grained simulations with an implicit cross-linker potential show that networks of branching bundles, knotted morphologies, and structural chirality can be generated by a generalized approach independent of specific cross-linkers. Network structure depends primarily on filament flexibility and separation, with significant connectivity increase after percolation. Results should guide the design of engineered semiflexible polymers.
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