Structural transitions in biomolecules - a numerical comparison of two approaches for the study of phase transitions in small systems
Statistical Mechanics
2007-05-23 v1 Soft Condensed Matter
q-bio
Abstract
We compare two recently proposed methods for the characterization of phase transitions in small systems. The usefulness of these techniques is evaluated for the case of structural transition in alanine-based peptides.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0201498,
title = {Structural transitions in biomolecules - a numerical comparison of two approaches for the study of phase transitions in small systems},
author = {Nelson A. Alves and U. H. E. Hansmann and Y. Peng},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0201498},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Accepted for publication in Int. J. Mol. Sci., to appear in a special issue devoted to R.S. Berry