Polymer, Vol.38, No.26, 6423-6425, 1997
Conformational Change of a Helical Polymer Molecule Induced by Periodic Modulation of Internal Rotational Angles
Conformation of a helical polymer molecule with periodic modulation of the internal rotational angle was numerically calculated. It was found that the modulation with wavelength equal to one turn of the helix leads to a ’ringed-coil’ conformation. When the amplitude of the modulation was one degree the ring was composed of 956 atoms with a diameter 200 times the bond length.