Polymers in anisotropic environment with extended defects
Abstract
The conformational properties of flexible polymers in d dimensions in environments with extended defects are analyzed both analytically and numerically. We consider the case, when structural defects are correlated in d dimensions and randomly distributed in the remaining d-d. Within the lattice model of self-avoiding random walks (SAW), we apply the pruned enriched Rosenbluth method (PERM) and find the estimates for scaling exponents and universal shape parameters of polymers in environment with parallel rod-like defects (d=1). An analytical description of the model is developed within the des Cloizeaux direct polymer renormalization scheme.
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