# Dynamics of unbinding of polymers in a random medium

@article{Bhattacharjee1997DynamicsOU,
title={Dynamics of unbinding of polymers in a random medium},
author={Somendra M Bhattacharjee and A. Baumgārtner},
journal={Journal of Chemical Physics},
year={1997},
volume={107},
pages={7571-7576}
}
• Published 7 August 1997
• Physics
• Journal of Chemical Physics
We have studied the aging effect on the dynamics of unbinding of a double stranded directed polymer in a random medium. By using the Monte Carlo dynamics of a lattice model in two dimensions, for which disorder is known to be relevant, the unbinding dynamics is studied by allowing the bound polymer to relax in the random medium for a waiting time and then allowing the two strands to unbind. The subsequent dynamics is formulated in terms of the overlap of the two strands and also the overlap of…
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