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On the first-order collapse transition of a three-dimensional, flexible homopolymer chain model
Kurt BinderWolfgang PaulF. Rampfsubject
chemistry.chemical_classificationQuantitative Biology::BiomoleculesChain modelMaterials scienceGeneral Physics and AstronomyThermodynamicsPolymerFirst orderRandom coillaw.inventionchemistrylawLattice (order)Thermodynamic limitCrystallizationScalingdescription
We present simulation results for the phase behavior of flexible lattice polymer chains using the Wang-Landau sampling idea. These chains display a two-stage collapse through a coil-globule transition followed by a crystallization at lower temperatures. Performing a finite-size scaling analysis on the two transitions, we show that they coincide in the thermodynamic limit corresponding to a direct collapse of the random coil into the crystal without intermediate coil-globule transition.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-06-01 | Europhysics Letters (EPL) |