Pulling self-interacting polymers in two dimensions

J. Krawczyk, I. Jensen, A. L. Owczarek, S. Kumar

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Abstract

We investigate a two-dimensional problem of an isolated self-interacting end-grafted polymer, pulled by one end. In the thermodynamic limit, we find that the model has only two different phases, namely a collapsed phase and a stretched phase. We show that the phase diagram obtained by Kumar [Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 128101 (2007)] for small systems, where differences between various statistical ensembles play an important role, differs from the phase diagram obtained here in the thermodynamic limit.

Original languageEnglish
Article number031912
JournalPhysical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
Volume79
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 23 Mar 2009
Externally publishedYes

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