Alves NA, Hansmann UH. Partition function zeros and finite size scaling of helix-coil transitions in a polypeptide.
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2000;
84:1836-1839. [PMID:
11017638 DOI:
10.1103/physrevlett.84.1836]
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Abstract
We report on multicanonical simulations of the helix-coil transition of a polypeptide. The nature of this transition was studied by calculating partition function zeros and the finite size scaling of various quantities. New estimates for critical exponents are presented.
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