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Relaxation dynamics of a crumpled globule

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The relaxation dynamics of elastic networks of crumpled (fractal) globules obtained by computer simulation of the collapse of a polymer chain in different modes is studied. It is shown that, in their dynamic properties, folded globules are similar to proteins, molecular machines.

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  1. Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    D. A. Meshkov & V. A. Avetisov

  2. Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

    V. A. Ivanov

  3. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    S. K. Nechaev

  4. CRNS, LPRSM, Université Paris-Sud, Paris, France

    S. K. Nechaev

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  1. D. A. Meshkov
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Original Russian Text © D.A. Meshkov, V.A. Ivanov, S.K. Nechaev, V.A. Avetisov, 2014, published in Khimicheskaya Fizika, 2014, Vol. 33, No. 7, pp. 47–52.

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Meshkov, D.A., Ivanov, V.A., Nechaev, S.K. et al. Relaxation dynamics of a crumpled globule. Russ. J. Phys. Chem. B 8, 518–523 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S199079311404006X

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