Collapse transitions in a flexible homopolymer chain: Application of the Wang-Landau algorithm

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Seaton, D T ^a   Wust T ^a   Landau, D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COIL-GLOBULE; COIL-GLOBULE TRANSITIONS; COLLAPSE TRANSITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL PREDICTIONS; FINITE SIZE EFFECT; HOMOPOLYMER CHAINS; HOMOPOLYMERS; INTERACTION POTENTIALS; LIQUID-SOLID TRANSITION; LOW TEMPERATURE BEHAVIOR; MAGIC NUMBERS; MINIMAL ENERGY; SIZE DEPENDENT; STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION; THERMODYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; TRANSITION BEHAVIOR; WANG-LANDAU ALGORITHM;

CHAIN LENGTH; LIQUIDS; THERMODYNAMICS;

HOMOPOLYMERIZATION;

EID: 75349098931     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.81.011802     Document Type: Article

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