1. Dušanka Lekić, Prirodno-matematički fakultet Banja Luka,
Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2. Sunčica Elezović-Hadžić, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Physics, Serbia
3. Nataša Adžić, J.Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Hamiltonian cycles with bending rigidity are studied on the first three members of the fractal family obtained by a generalization of the modified rectangular (MR) fractal lattice. This model is proposed to describe conformational and thermodynamic properties of a single semi-flexible ring polymer confined in a poor and disordered (e.g. crowded) solvent. Due to the competition between temperature and polymer stiffness there is a possibility for the phase transition between molten globule and crystal phase of a polymer to occur. The partition function of the model in the thermodynamic limit is obtained and analyzed as a function of polymer stiffness parameter s (Boltzmann weight), which for semi-flexible polymers can take on values over the interval (0,1) . Other quantities, such as persistence length, specific heat and entropy are obtained numerically and presented graphically as functions of stiffness parameter s.
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Tematska oblast:
SIMPOZIJUM A - Nauka materije, kondenzovane materije i fizika čvrstog stanja
Datum:
22.06.2016.
Contemporary Materials 2016 - Savremeni Materijali
