Conformational Transitions of Non-Grafted Polymers Near an Adsorbing Substrate
Statistical Mechanics
2009-11-11 v1 Soft Condensed Matter
Abstract
We have performed multicanonical chain-growth simulations of a polymer interacting with an adsorbing surface. The polymer, which is not explicitly anchored at the surface, experiences a hierarchy of phase transitions between conformations binding and non-binding with the substrate. We discuss the phase diagram in the temperature-solubility plane and highlight the transition ``path'' through the free-energy landscape.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0502138,
title = {Conformational Transitions of Non-Grafted Polymers Near an Adsorbing Substrate},
author = {Michael Bachmann and Wolfhard Janke},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0502138},
year = {2009}
}
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4 pages, revtex.cls, 10 postscript figures, author information under http://www.physik.uni-leipzig.de/index.php?id=22