Table 1. Parameter values used in the simulations.

Parameter	Description	Reduced unit	SI unit
$k_{B}T$	Thermal energy	1.0	4.1 × 10−21J
$m$	Bead mass	1.0	10−21 kg
σ	LJ size parameter	1.0	10 nm
$ϵ$	LJ energy parameter	$1.0k_{B}T$	4.1 × 10−21J
rc	Contact distance	$2.5\sigma$	25 nm
ks	Spring constant	$100k_{B}T/{\sigma }^2$	0.41 Jm−2
lp	Persistence length	$2.0\sigma$	20 nm
kb	Bending stiffness	$2.0k_{B}T$	8.2 × 10−21J
τ	Damping time	$1.0\times (3\pi \eta {\sigma }^3/K_{B}T)$	2 µs
$\mathrm{\Delta }t$	Time step	$0.01\tau$	20 ns