@article{ISI:000167914900013,
 abstract = {We propose a continuum molecular model for self-assembling,
semiflexible, equilibrium polymers and study its statistical mechanics
by Monte Carlo (MC) simulations. If the temperature (T) is high, we find
a disordered phase in which the mean length <L > of polymers is small. A
first-order transition separates it from a low-T phase in which <L > is
larger and the semiflexible polymers are aligned enough to yield nematic
ordering. Disordered, glassy states can be obtained a low T; we study
these by an MC analogue of scanning calorimetry (Menon G. I., Pandit R.
and Barma M., Europhys. Lett., 24 (1993) 253; Menon G. I. and Pandit R.,
Phys. Rev. Lett., 75 (1995) 4638; Phys. Rev. E, 59 (1999) 787). We also
use an MC method to study shear alignment of polymers (Berret J. F.,
Roux D. C. and Porte G., J. Phys. II, 4 (1994) 1261; Berret J. F., Roux
D. C., Porte G. and Lindner P., Europhys. Lett., 25 (1994) 521) in our
model).},
 author = {Chatterji, A and Pandit, R},
 doi = {10.1209/epl/i2001-00297-5},
 issn = {0295-5075},
 journal = {EUROPHYSICS LETTERS},
 month = {APR},
 number = {2},
 pages = {213-219},
 times-cited = {13},
 title = {Semiflexible equilibrium polymers: A self-assembling molecular model},
 unique-id = {ISI:000167914900013},
 volume = {54},
 year = {2001}
}