Tricard, SimonFeinstein, EfraimShepherd, Robert F.Reches, MeitalSnyder, Phillip W.Bandarage, Dileni C.Prentiss, MaraWhitesides, George2014-03-172012Tricard, Simon, Efraim Feinstein, Robert F. Shepherd, Meital Reches, Phillip W. Snyder, Dileni C. Bandarage, Mara Prentiss, and George M. Whitesides. 2012. Analog Modeling of Worm-Like Chain Molecules Using Macroscopic Beads-on-a-String. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 14, no. 25: 9041-9046.1463-90761463-9084http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:11920044This paper describes an empirical model of polymer dynamics, based on the agitation of millimeter-sized polymeric beads. Although the interactions between the particles in the macroscopic model, and those between the monomers of molecular-scale polymers, are fundamentally different, both systems follow the Worm-Like Chain theory.en-USJournal Article2014-03-1710.1039/c2cp40593h