Journal article
A semi-flexible attracting segment model of two-dimensional polymer collapse
J Krawczyk, AL Owczarek, T Prellberg
PHYSICA A-STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS | ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV | Published : 2010
Abstract
Recently it has been shown that a two-dimensional model of self-attracting polymers based on attracting segments displays two phase transitions, a θ-like collapse between swollen polymers and a globular state and another between the globular state and a polymer crystal. On the other hand, the canonical model based on attracting monomers on lattice sites displays only one: the standard tricritical θ collapse transition. Here we consider the attracting segment model with the addition of stiffness and show that it displays the same phases as the canonical model. © 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Funding Acknowledgements
Financial support from the Australian Research Council via its support for the Centre of Excellence for Mathematics and Statistics of Complex Systems is gratefully acknowledged by the authors A L Owczarek thanks the School of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London for hospitality.