Magee, James E. and Vasquez, Victor R. and Lue, Leo (2006) Helical structures from an isotropic homopolymer model. Physical Review Letters, 96. p. 207802. ISSN 0031-9007
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Abstract
We present Monte Carlo simulation results for square-well homopolymers at a series of bond lengths. Although the model contains only isotropic pairwise interactions, under appropriate conditions this system shows spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking, where the chain exists in either a left- or a right-handed helical structure. We investigate how this behavior depends upon the ratio between bond length and monomer radius.
| Item type: | Article |
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| ID code: | 27977 |
| Keywords: | Monte Carlo simulation, homopolymers, helical structures, Physical and theoretical chemistry, Physics |
| Subjects: | Science > Chemistry > Physical and theoretical chemistry Science > Physics |
| Department: | Faculty of Engineering > Chemical and Process Engineering |
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| Depositing user: | Dr Leo Lue |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Oct 2010 20:21 |
| Last modified: | 12 Mar 2012 11:20 |
| URI: | http://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/27977 |
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