Collapse transition of flexible homopolymers with adhesive contacts
Soft Condensed Matter
2011-06-28 v1
Abstract
The presence of ordered structures such as helices in collapsed states of polymer chains is still an open question challenging physics and biology. In this work, we present a potential model for polymer chains with monomers that are not strictly attractive, but that can make adhesive contacts with other monomers. We find that the chain develop helical order during the process of collapsing from an initially stretched conformation. It seems in this case that the adhesive contacts help the polymer chain to stay trapped in the helix state.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1106.5278,
title = {Collapse transition of flexible homopolymers with adhesive contacts},
author = {Sid Ahmed Sabeur and Mounira Bouarkat and Friederike Schmid},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1106.5278},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
6 pages, 5 figures