  In this work, we explore the dynamics of active entangled chains using
molecular dynamics simulations of a modified Kremer-Grest model. The active
chains are diluted in a mesh of very long passive linear chains, to avoid
constraint release effects, and an active force is applied to the monomers in a
way that it imparts a constant polar drift velocity along the primitive path.
The simulation results show that, over a wide range of activity values, the
conformational properties of the chains and the tubes are not affected, but the
dynamics of the chains are severely modified. Despite not having an explicit
tube, the simulations verify all the predictions of the theory about all
possible observables very accurately, including a diffusion coefficient that
becomes independent of the molecular weight at moderate values of the activity.
Overall, this work provides novel information on the study of active entangled
polymers, giving a route map for studying this phenomenon and an efficient way
of obtaining a polar activity that reproduces the physics of the active
reptation theory.
