Heteropolymers in a solvent at an interface

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/32/25/102MaRDI QIDQ4947623zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Amos Maritan, M. P. Riva, A. Trovato

Publication date 25 April 2000

Published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9901292

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Interface problems; diffusion-limited aggregation arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B24) Statistical mechanics of polymers (82D60)

Abstract: Exact bounds are obtained for the quenched free energy of a polymer with random hydrophobicities in the presence of an interface separating a polar from a non polar solvent. The polymer may be ideal or have steric self-interactions. The bounds allow to prove that a ``neutral random polymer is localized near the interface at any temperature, whereas a ``non-neutral chain is shown to undergo a delocalization transition at a finite temperature. These results are valid for a quite general a priori probability distribution for both independent and correlated hydrophobic charges. As a particular case we consider random AB-copolymers and confirm recent numerical studies.

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