Helical structures from an isotropic homopolymer model |
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Authors: | Magee James E Vasquez Victor R Lue Leo |
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Institution: | School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, The University of Manchester, P.O. Box 88, Sackville Street, Manchester M60 1QD, United Kingdom. j.magee@manchester.ac.uk |
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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. |
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