Materials Science Forum, Vol.453-454, 521-528, 2004
Polymer conformational transitions: A quantum decoherence theory approach
In this paper we describe the problem of polymer conformational transitions in the framework of the so-called quantum decoherence theory. We propose a rather qualitative scenario yet bearing generality in the context of the quantum decoherence theory. It seems that our proposal provides a promising basis for the solution-in-principle of this (semi-)classically hard problem of the polymer kinetics.
Keywords:chain folding;conformational stability;conformational transitions;polymer kinetics;quantum decoherence