Finite-size scaling of helix–coil transitions in poly-alanine studied by multicanonical simulations
- 8 January 1999
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 110 (2) , 1267-1276
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.478169
Abstract
We report results from multicanonical simulations of poly-alanine. Homopolymers of up to 30 amino acids were considered and various thermodynamic quantities as a function of temperature calculated. We study the nature of the observed helix-coil transition and present estimates for critical exponents.Keywords
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