Helix-coil transitions in poly-alanine molecules of length 10 are studied by multicanonical Monte Carlo simulations. The solvation effects are included by either a distance-dependent dielectric permittivity or by a term that is proportional to the solvent-accessible surface area of the peptide. We found a strong dependence of the characteristics of the helix-coil transition from the details of the solvation model.
@article{arxiv.physics/0202034,
title = {Solvation model dependency of helix-coil transition in polyalanine},
author = {Y. Peng and U. H. E. Hansmann},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0202034},
year = {2009}
}