E Orlandini et al 2004 J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 37 1535 doi:10.1088/0305-4470/37/5/005
E Orlandini1, M C Tesi2 and S G Whittington3
Show affiliationsWe consider several different directed walk models of a homopolymer adsorbing at a surface when the polymer is subject to an elongational force which hinders the adsorption. We use combinatorial methods for analyzing how the critical temperature for adsorption depends on the magnitude of the applied force and show that the crossover exponent
changes when a force is applied. We discuss the characteristics of the model needed to obtain a re-entrant phase diagram.
Issue 5 (6 February 2004)
Received 11 September 2003
Published 19 January 2004
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