The escape transition of a polymer: A unique case of non-equivalence between statistical ensembles

European Physical Journal E

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-25

  Dimitrov, D I ^a,c   Klushin, L I ^b   Skvortsov, A ^d   Milchev, A ^a,e   Binder, K ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FOOD TECHNOLOGIES   (Bulgaria)

^d ST PETERSBURG STATE CHEMICAL PHARMACEUTICAL ACADEMY   (Russian Federation)

^e BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

05.70.Fh Phase transitions: general studies; 07.05.Tp Computer modeling and simulation; 64.60.My Metastable phases

Indexed keywords

05.70.FH PHASE TRANSITIONS: GENERAL STUDIES; 07.05.TP COMPUTER MODELING AND SIMULATION; 64.60.MY METASTABLE PHASES; BEAD-SPRING MODELS; CHAIN CONFORMATIONS; CIRCULAR CROSS-SECTION; COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES; ENERGY APPROACH; FIRST PASSAGE TIME; FLEXIBLE POLYMER CHAINS; GRAFTING SITES; LIMITING CASE; LOCAL ORDER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NON-EXISTENCE; ORDER PARAMETER; POLYMER CHAINS; SELF AVOIDING WALK; SIMULATION RESULT; SOLVENT CONDITIONS; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; STATISTICAL ENSEMBLES; STRETCHED STRINGS; SUBSTRATE SURFACE; THERMODYNAMIC LIMITS; TIME AUTOCORRELATION FUNCTIONS;

CHAIN LENGTH; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; DYNAMICS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); METASTABLE PHASES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLYMERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 67649964529     PISSN: 12928941     EISSN: 1292895X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2008-10442-0     Document Type: Article

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