{
  "id": "cond-mat/9912085",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "1999-12-06T14:02:59.000Z",
  "updated": "1999-12-06T14:02:59.000Z",
  "title": "Lattice model for cold and warm swelling of polymers in water",
  "authors": [
    "Pierpaolo Bruscolini",
    "Lapo Casetti"
  ],
  "comment": "REVTeX, 5 pages, 2 EPS figures",
  "journal": "Physical Review E (Rapid Comm.) 61, R2208 (2000)",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevE.61.R2208",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.stat-mech",
    "cond-mat.soft"
  ],
  "abstract": "We define a lattice model for the interaction of a polymer with water. We solve the model in a suitable approximation. In the case of a non-polar homopolymer, for reasonable values of the parameters, the polymer is found in a non-compact conformation at low temperature; as the temperature grows, there is a sharp transition towards a compact state, then, at higher temperatures, the polymer swells again. This behaviour closely reminds that of proteins, that are unfolded at both low and high temperatures.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "1999-12-06T14:02:59.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "lattice model",
      "warm swelling",
      "polymer swells",
      "higher temperatures",
      "compact state"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "RevTeX",
      "pages": 5,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}