First Order Phase Transition of a Long Polymer Chain

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/44/6/065004MaRDI QIDQ6221632zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors David Aristoff, Charles Radin

Publication date 2 November 2010

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1088/1751-8113/44/6/065004

Abstract: We consider a model consisting of a self-avoiding polygon occupying a variable density of the sites of a square lattice. A fixed energy is associated with each $90^{c}irc$-bend of the polygon. We use a grand canonical ensemble, introducing parameters $mu$ and $$ to control average density and average (total) energy of the polygon, and show by Monte Carlo simulation that the model has a first order, nematic phase transition across a curve in the $$-$mu$ plane.

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