Article: Tricard S, Feinstein E, Shepherd RF, Reches M, Snyder PW, Bandarage DC, Prentiss M, Whitesides GM, (2013)Analog Modeling of Worm-like Chain Molecules using Macroscopic Beads-on-a-string. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 14 (25); 9041-9046
Abstract: This 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.