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Phys. Rev. E 73, 041802 (2006) [8 pages]

Substrate adhesion of a nongrafted flexible polymer in a cavity

Michael Bachmann and Wolfhard Janke
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Leipzig, Augustusplatz 10/11, D-04109 Leipzig, Germany[double-dagger]
Received 28 October 2005; published 17 April 2006

In a contact-density chain-growth study we investigate the solubility-temperature pseudophase diagram of a lattice polymer in a cavity with an attractive surface. In addition to the main phases of adsorbed and desorbed conformations we find numerous subphases of collapsed and expanded structures.

©2006 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevE.73.041802
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.73.041802
PACS: 05.10.-a; 87.15.Aa; 87.15.Cc
  • 05.10.-a
    Computational methods in statistical physics and nonlinear dynamics
  • 87.15.Aa
    Theory and modeling in molecular biophysics; computer simulation
  • 87.15.Cc
    Folding and sequence analysis of biomolecules
  • YEAR: 2006
KEYWORDS: polymers, adhesion, solubility, phase diagrams, adsorption, desorption

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