Anomalous Hard-Wall Repulsion between Polymers in Solvent Mixtures and Its Implication for Biomolecular Condensates

Author(s): Luofu Liu and Rui Wang The system of polymers dissolved in a mixture of different solvents is a widely used coarse-grained model to represent biomolecular condensates in intracellular environments. Here, we apply a variational theory to simultaneously control the center of mass of two polymers and perform the first quanti… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 018201] Published Mon Jun 30, 2025