Polymer Globules: Beyond the Homopolymer Model

聚合物是长链状分子，在我们生活的许多方面发挥着至关重要的作用。作为塑料，它们代表了最通用和最普遍的人造材料。此外，所有生物都依赖于聚合物来构建其细胞结构，并通过DNA和蛋白质进行遗传和功能。 尽管它们很重要，但我们对聚合物的了解相当有限。这项提案资助的研究将使我们能够了解更复杂的聚合物。这将有助于揭示一些迷人的物理学，并在长期内开发新材料，促进生物学的新进展。

Polymers are long chainlike molecules which play a crucial role in many aspects of our lives. As plastics they represent the most versatile and ubiquitous of man-made materials. Moreover, all living things depend on polymers for the structure of their cells and for the inheritance and function through DNA and proteins. Despite their importance our understanding of polymers is rather limited. The research funded by this proposal will enable us to understand more complicated kinds of polymers. This will help uncover some fascinating physics and in the long term develop new materials and promote new advances in biology.