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Finite-size scaling of helix-coil transitions in poly-alanine studied by multicanonical simulations

U. H. E. Hansmann, Y. Okamoto

cond-matarXiv:cond-mat/9810358

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.

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