Unexpected Scenario of Glass Transition in Polymer Globules: An Exactly Enumerable Model
- 13 March 2000
- journal article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 84 (11) , 2417-2420
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.84.2417
Abstract
We introduce a lattice model of glass transition in polymer globules. This model exhibits ergodicity breaking in which the disjoint regions of phase space do not arise uniformly, but as small chambers whose number increases exponentially with polymer density. Chamber sizes obey power law distribution, making phase space similar to a fractal foam. This clearly demonstrates the importance of the phase space geometry and topology in describing any glass-forming system, such as semicompact polymers during protein folding.Keywords
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