Self-avoiding walks pulled at an angle

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Main Authors: Bradly, C J, Beaton, N R, Owczarek, A L
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author Bradly, C J
Beaton, N R
Owczarek, A L
author_facet Bradly, C J
Beaton, N R
Owczarek, A L
contents We investigate polymers pulled away from an interacting surface, where the force is applied to the untethered endpoint and at an angle $θ$ to the surface. We use the canonical self-avoiding walk model of polymers and obtain the phase diagram of the model using Monte Carlo simulations for a range of angles, temperatures and force magnitudes. The phase diagram of the model displays re-entrance at low temperatures for three-dimensional walks when the pulling is more vertical than horizontal. Our results agree with various exactly solvable lattice models that have been previously studied.
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spellingShingle Self-avoiding walks pulled at an angle
Bradly, C J
Beaton, N R
Owczarek, A L
Soft Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
We investigate polymers pulled away from an interacting surface, where the force is applied to the untethered endpoint and at an angle $θ$ to the surface. We use the canonical self-avoiding walk model of polymers and obtain the phase diagram of the model using Monte Carlo simulations for a range of angles, temperatures and force magnitudes. The phase diagram of the model displays re-entrance at low temperatures for three-dimensional walks when the pulling is more vertical than horizontal. Our results agree with various exactly solvable lattice models that have been previously studied.
title Self-avoiding walks pulled at an angle
topic Soft Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.21036