Conformational Transitions of Non-Grafted Polymers Near an Adsorbing Substrate
arXiv:cond-mat/0502138 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.058102
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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