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arXiv 1502.07172cond-mat.softcond-mat.stat-mechphysics.comp-ph
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具有短程吸引力的polymer链的折叠机构

Folding mechanism of a polymer chain with short-range attractions

Christian Leitold, Christoph Dellago

摘要:

我们研究了一个单一的,灵活的均聚物链的结晶使用过渡路径采样(TPS)。该链由N个相同的球形单体组成,根据朗之万动力学演化。当相邻单体通过谐波弹簧耦合时,非相邻单体通过硬核和短程吸引势相互作用。对于足够小的相互作用范围λ,系统经历从膨胀的无序相到紧凑的结晶态的一级冻结转变。使用一个新的射击移动量身定制的聚合物结合的committor分析,我们研究了过渡态合奏的N=128链和搜索可能的反应坐标的基础上的似然最大化。我们发现典型的过渡态是由一个晶核和一个或多个链段组成的,而且晶核中的粒子数并不适合作为反应坐标.然后,我们提出了一个改进的反应坐标,其中包括从势能和聚合物的整体结晶度的信息。

英文摘要:

We investigate the crystallization of a single, flexible homopolymer chain using transition path sampling (TPS). The chain consists of N identical spherical monomers evolved according to Langevin dynamics. While neighboring monomers are coupled via harmonic springs, the non-neighboring monomers interact via a hard core and a short-ranged attractive potential. For a sufficiently small interaction range λ, the system undergoes a first-order freezing transition from an expanded, disordered phase to a compact crystalline state. Using a new shooting move tailored to polymers combined with a committor analysis, we study the transition state ensemble of an N=128 chain and search for possible reaction coordinates based on likelihood maximization. We find that typical transition states consist of a crystalline nucleus with one or more chain fragments attached to it. Furthermore, we show that the number of particles in the crystalline core is not well suited as a reaction coordinate. We then present an improved reaction coordinate, which includes information from the potential energy and the overall crystallinity of the polymer.

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