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Title: A Universal Method for Analysing Copolymer Growth
(Submitted on 4 Nov 2022 (v1), last revised 16 Feb 2023 (this version, v2))
Abstract: Polymers consisting of more than one type of monomer, known as copolymers, are vital to both living and synthetic systems. Copolymerisation has been studied theoretically in a number of contexts, often by considering a Markov process in which monomers are added or removed from the growing tip of a long copolymer. To date, the analysis of the most general models of this class has necessitated simulation. We present a general method for analysing such processes without resorting to simulation. Our method can be applied to models with an arbitrary network of sub-steps prior to addition or removal of a monomer, including non-equilibrium kinetic proofreading cycles. Moreover, the approach allows for a dependency of addition and removal reactions on the neighbouring site in the copolymer, and thermodynamically self-consistent models in which all steps are assumed to be microscopically reversible. Using our approach, thermodynamic quantities such as chemical work; kinetic quantities such as time taken to grow; and statistical quantities such as the distribution of monomer types in the growing copolymer can be derived either analytically or numerically directly from the model definition.
Submission history
From: Benjamin Qureshi [view email][v1] Fri, 4 Nov 2022 14:58:13 GMT (1513kb,D)
[v2] Thu, 16 Feb 2023 14:04:52 GMT (1326kb,D)
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