Dilute Semiflexible Polymers with Attraction: Collapse, Folding and Aggregation
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Off-Lattice Polymer Models with Attractive Interaction
3. Monte Carlo Simulation and Analysis Methods
3.1. Generalized-Ensemble Methods: Flat Histogram
3.2. Generalized-Ensemble Methods: Locally-Confined Histograms
3.3. Reweighting from Generalized Ensembles
3.4. Canonical and Microcanonical Analysis
4. Phase Behavior of Isolated Semiflexible Polymers
4.1. Structural Phase Diagram
4.2. Order of the Collapse Transition Line
4.3. Knots as Stable Phase
5. Aggregation of Dilute Semiflexible Polymers
5.1. End-to-End Order Parameter
5.2. Structural Motifs Induced by Semiflexibility
5.3. Competition between Single-Chain Collapse and Many-Chain Aggregation
6. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Zierenberg, J.; Marenz, M.; Janke, W. Dilute Semiflexible Polymers with Attraction: Collapse, Folding and Aggregation. Polymers 2016, 8, 333. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym8090333
Zierenberg J, Marenz M, Janke W. Dilute Semiflexible Polymers with Attraction: Collapse, Folding and Aggregation. Polymers. 2016; 8(9):333. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym8090333
Chicago/Turabian StyleZierenberg, Johannes, Martin Marenz, and Wolfhard Janke. 2016. "Dilute Semiflexible Polymers with Attraction: Collapse, Folding and Aggregation" Polymers 8, no. 9: 333. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym8090333