2 papers
cond-mat.stat-mech2000
Anomalous tricritical behaviour in the coil-globule transition of a single polymer chain
Annick Lesne, Jean-Marc Victor
We investigate a model of self-avoiding walk exhibiting a first-order coil-globule transition. This first-order nature, unravelled through the coexistence of distinct coil and glob…
cond-mat.stat-mech2000
First-order theta-point of a single polymer chain
Annick Lesne, Jean-Marc Victor
Conformational transitions of a single macromolecule of finite size cannot be described within standard thermodynamic framework. Taking as a basis a simple model of homopolymer…