Phase transitions of a single polymer chain: A Wang-Landau simulation study

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 131, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Taylor, Mark P ^a   Paul, Wolfgang ^b   Binder, Kurt ^b  

^a HIRAM COLLEGE   (United States)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COIL CONFORMATIONS; COIL-GLOBULE; COLLAPSE TRANSITIONS; CONFORMATIONAL STATE; CRYSTAL PHASE TRANSITION; DENSITY OF STATE; FINITE-SIZE SYSTEMS; FIRST-ORDER; FLEXIBLE POLYMERS; FREEZING TRANSITION; HARD-SPHERE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOMOPOLYMER CHAINS; INTERACTION RANGES; LATTICE POLYMERS; LOW TEMPERATURES; MICROCANONICAL ANALYSIS; MONOMER-MONOMER INTERACTIONS; MONTE CARLO; POLYMER CHAINS; SIMULATION STUDIES; SINGLE POLYMER CHAINS; SOLID-PHASE; SQUARE-WELL; TWO-STATE; WANG-LANDAU SAMPLING; WELL DIAMETER;

CRYSTALLITES; FREEZING; MONOMERS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; POLYMERS; SIMULATORS;

CONFORMATIONS;

POLYMER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; KINETICS; MACROMOLECULE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHASE TRANSITION; PROTEIN FOLDING; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; KINETICS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHASE TRANSITION; POLYMERS; PROTEIN FOLDING; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 72949105306     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3227751     Document Type: Article

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