Ground-State Properties of a Polymer Chain in an Attractive Sphere
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B, cilt.116, sa.34, ss.10379-10386, 2012 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 116 Sayı: 34
- Basım Tarihi: 2012
- Doi Numarası: 10.1021/jp304844k
- Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.10379-10386
- Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
We analyze the structural formation of a polymer chain inside of an attractive sphere depending on the attraction strength. Our model is composed of a coarse-grained polymer and an attractive sphere potential. Within this frame, multicanonical Monte Carlo simulations are employed to identify the global minimum energies for a polymer chain interacting with the attractive inner wall of the sphere. Different compact structures are found with varying attraction strengths, among which are spherical, three/two, or monolayer. The conformational properties of these structures are presented.