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Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed-Matter Physics XVI pp 142–146Cite as

Folding Polymer Chains

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Molecular dynamics simulations are used to study helix formation in a simple model polymer chain that is subject to excluded volume and torsional interactions. The changing conformations exhibited by chains of different lengths under gradual cooling are followed until each reaches a state from which no further change is possible. The interactions are chosen so that the true ground state is a helix, and a high proportion of the simulation runs do succeed in reaching this state.

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  1. Physics Department, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel

    D. C. Rapaport

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  1. Center for Simulational Physics, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602-2451, USA

    David P. Landau Ph.D. , Steven P. Lewis Ph.D.  & Heinz-Bernd Schüttler Ph.D. ,  & 

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Rapaport, D.C. (2004). Folding Polymer Chains. In: Landau, D.P., Lewis, S.P., Schüttler, HB. (eds) Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed-Matter Physics XVI. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 95. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59293-5_20

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