Researchers encode compact polymer ensembles as quantum states using a local frustration-free Hamiltonian, enabling quadratic speedup over classical Monte Carlo for thermodynamic estimation of proteins, RNA, and heteropolymers.
#QuantumComputing #PolymerPhysics #Research
Thank you very much to Christine Papadakis from #TUM for being the #Chemical #Physics and #Polymerphysics #CPP section head and putting together such a wonderful program for the 2026 edition of the #spring #meeting of the German Physical Society of the Condensed Matter Section (#SKM) #DPGDD26
Back with the group from the #spring #meeting of the German Physical Society of the Condensed Matter Section (#SKM) #DPGDD26 in #Dresden during which we mostly focused on the sessions of the #Chemical #Physics and #Polymerphysics #CPP section with oral and poster #presentations
🔬 Conference Session Highlight: Polymer Physics
The 2nd International Conference on Polymer Science and Composite Materials will take place on
📅September 14–15, 2026 in
📍Rome, Italy
🌐 Website: polymerscienceconference.org
#polymerscience #polymerphysics #compositematerials
Sharing our recent review with @ranjithpa.bsky.social on polymer models of chromatin
Polymer simulations of chromatin: connecting 3D organization and dynamics to function 👇
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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#Chromatin #GenomeArchitecture #PolymerPhysics #ComputationalBiology
📉 Most models predict: the stiffer the polymer, the weaker the network.
📈 But our new simulation study shows: G₀ ∝ Lₚ^⅔ — stiffness strengthens the network.
A paradox still unresolved in concentrated semiflexible polymer solutions. The search for a predictive model goes on.
#Rheology #PolymerPhysics
Worm clusters, jellyfish tentacles, robotic arms -- what do they have in common?
Our new study in Nature Communications reveals how active movement leads to entanglement and stiffening -- offering new insights into polymer physics.
nature.com/articles/s41...
#PolymerPhysics #ActiveMatter #SoftMatter
