Figure 8
From: Knot Energy, Complexity, and Mobility of Knotted Polymers
Basic solution characterization of knotted rings having variable rigidity. We compare size related properties of knotted and linear polymers having the same length, L = 352.8 nm. The different colors and symbols represent polymers having different stiffness specified by the persistence length of the linear polymer, l p, indicated in the inset. In panel (a), hydrodynamic radius ratios g h(m), in panel (b), radius of gyration ratios g s(m), and in panel (c), intrinsic viscosity ratios, g η (m). These ratios evidently decrease with increasing m and chain stiffness.
