Preface and outline |
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1.1 Relevance of biomolecular research |
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1.2.1 The trinity of amino acid sequence, structure, and function |
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1.2.2 Ribosomal synthesis of proteins |
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1.2.3 From sequence to function: The protein folding process |
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9 | (3) |
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1.3.2 Effective noncovalent interactions and nanoscopic modeling: Toward a semiclassical all-atom representation |
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1.4 All-atom peptide modelling |
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1.5 The mesoscopic perspective |
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1.5.1 Why coarse-graining...? The origin of the hydrophobic force |
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1.5.2 Coarse-grained hydrophobic--polar modelling |
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20 | (11) |
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20 | (2) |
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1.6.3 Flexible, attractively self-interacting polymers |
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2 Statistical mechanics: A modern review |
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2.1 The theory of everything |
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31 | (2) |
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2.2 Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics |
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2.2.1 The thermodynamic limit |
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2.2.2 Thermodynamics of closed systems: The canonical ensemble |
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34 | (2) |
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2.2.3 Thermodynamic equilibrium and the statistical nature of entropy |
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2.3 Thermal fluctuations and the statistical path integral |
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2.4 Phase and pseudophase transitions |
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46 | (2) |
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2.5 Relevant degrees of freedom |
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48 | (3) |
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2.5.1 Coarse-grained modeling on mesoscopic scales |
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48 | (1) |
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2.5.2 Macroscopic relevant degrees of freedom: The free-energy landscape |
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49 | (2) |
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2.6 Kinetic free-energy barrier and transition state |
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51 | (2) |
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2.7 Microcanonical statistical analysis |
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2.7.1 Temperature as a derived quantity |
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2.7.2 Identification of first-order transitions by Maxwell construction |
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2.7.3 Systematic classification of transitions by inflection-point analysis |
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3 The complexity of minimalistic lattice models for protein folding |
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67 | (1) |
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3.2 Self-avoiding walks and contact matrices |
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68 | (1) |
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3.3 Exact statistical analysis of designing sequences |
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3.4 Exact density of states and thermodynamics |
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4 Monte Carlo and chain growth methods for molecular simulations |
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81 | (1) |
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4.2 Conventional Markov-chain Monte Carlo sampling |
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4.2.1 Ergodicity and finite time series |
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4.2.2 Statistical error and bias |
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4.2.3 Binning--jackknife error analysis |
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4.3 Systematic data smoothing by using Bezier curves |
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4.3.1 Construction of a Bezier curve |
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4.3.2 Smooth Bezier functions for discrete noisy data sets |
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4.4 Markov processes and stochastic sampling strategies |
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4.4.2 Selection and acceptance probabilities |
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102 | (1) |
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4.4.4 Metropolis sampling |
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104 | (4) |
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4.5.1 Single-histogram reweighting |
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104 | (1) |
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4.5.2 Multiple-histogram reweighting |
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105 | (3) |
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4.6 Generalized-ensemble Monte Carlo methods |
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4.6.1 Replica-exchange Monte Carlo method: Parallel tempering |
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108 | (1) |
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4.6.2 Simulated tempering |
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109 | (1) |
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4.6.3 Multicanonical sampling |
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4.6.4 Wang--Landau method |
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4.7 Elementary Monte Carlo updates |
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4.8 Lattice polymers: Monte Carlo sampling vs. Rosenbluth chain growth |
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4.9 Pruned-enriched Rosenbluth method: Go with the winners |
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4.10 Canonical chain growth with PERM |
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4.11 Multicanonical chain-growth algorithm |
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4.11.1 Multicanonical sampling of Rosenbluth-weighted chains |
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4.11.2 Iterative determination of the density of states |
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4.12 Random number generators |
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134 | (3) |
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5 First insights to freezing and collapse of flexible polymers |
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5.1 Conformational transitions of flexible homopolymers |
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5.2 Energetic fluctuations of finite-length polymers |
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5.2.1 Peak structure of the specific heat |
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5.2.2 Simple-cubic lattice polymers |
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139 | (2) |
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5.2.3 Polymers on the face-centered cubic lattice |
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141 | (3) |
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144 | (3) |
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5.4 Freezing and collapse in the thermodynamic limit |
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6 Crystallization of elastic polymers |
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6.1 Lennard-Jones clusters |
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149 | (1) |
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150 | (2) |
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6.3 Liquid--solid transitions of elastic flexible polymers |
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6.3.1 Finitely extensible nonlinear elastic Lennard-Jones polymers |
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6.3.2 Classification of geometries |
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155 | (1) |
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6.3.4 Thermodynamics of liquid--solid transitions toward complete icosahedra |
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6.3.5 Liquid--solid transitions of elastic polymers |
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162 | (2) |
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6.4 Systematic analysis of compact phases |
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164 | (1) |
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6.5 Dependence of structural phases on the range of nonbonded interactions |
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7 Structural phases of semiflexible polymers |
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7.1 Structural hyperphase diagram |
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175 | (5) |
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7.2 Variation of chain length |
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180 | (1) |
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8 Generic tertiary folding properties of proteins on mesoscopic scales |
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181 | (10) |
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8.1 A simple model for a parallel β helix lattice protein |
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181 | (3) |
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8.2 Protein folding as a finite-size effect |
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184 | (1) |
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8.3 Hydrophobic--polar off-lattice heteropolymers |
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185 | (6) |
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9 Protein folding channels and kinetics of two-state folding |
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9.1 Similarity measure and order parameter |
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192 | (3) |
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9.2 Identification of characteristic folding channels |
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9.3 Go kinetics of folding transitions |
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9.3.1 Coarse-grained Go modeling |
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201 | (3) |
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204 | (4) |
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9.3.4 Mesoscopic heteropolymers vs. real proteins |
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208 | (1) |
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9.4 Microcanonical effects |
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209 | (4) |
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9.5 Two-state cooperativity in helix-coil transitions |
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213 | (4) |
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10 Inducing generic secondary structures by constraints |
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10.1 The intrinsic nature of secondary structures |
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10.2 Polymers with thickness constraint |
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10.2.1 Global radius of curvature |
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218 | (1) |
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10.2.2 Modeling flexible polymers with constraints |
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219 | (1) |
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10.2.3 Thickness-dependent ground-state properties |
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10.2.4 Structural phase diagram of tube-like polymers |
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222 | (1) |
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10.3 Secondary-structure phases of a hydrophobic--polar heteropolymer model |
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223 | (4) |
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11 Statistical analyses of aggregation processes |
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11.1 Pseudophase separation in nucleation processes of polymers |
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227 | (1) |
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11.2 Mesoscopic hydrophobic--polar aggregation model |
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228 | (1) |
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11.3 Order parameter of aggregation and fluctuations |
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229 | (1) |
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11.4 Statistical analysis in various ensembles |
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11.4.1 Multicanonical results |
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11.4.2 Canonical perspective |
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11.4.3 Microcanonical interpretation: The backbending effect |
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235 | (4) |
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11.5 Aggregation transition in larger heteropolymer systems |
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239 | (4) |
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12 Hierarchical nature of phase transitions |
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12.1 Aggregation of semiflexible polymers |
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12.2 Structural transitions of semiflexible polymers with different bending rigidities |
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244 | (3) |
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12.3 Hierarchies of subphase transitions |
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247 | (2) |
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12.4 Hierarchical peptide aggregation processes |
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249 | (3) |
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12.5 Hierarchical aggregation of GNNQQNY |
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252 | (3) |
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13 Adsorption of polymers at solid substrates |
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13.1 Structure formation at hybrid interfaces of soft and solid matter |
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255 | (1) |
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13.2 Minimalistic modeling and simulation of hybrid interfaces |
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13.3 Contact-density chain-growth algorithm |
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13.4 Pseudophase diagram of a flexible polymer near an attractive substrate |
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13.4.1 Solubility--temperature pseudophase diagram |
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260 | (1) |
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13.4.2 Contact-number fluctuations |
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13.4.3 Anisotropic behavior of gyration tensor components |
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13.5 Alternative view: The free-energy landscape |
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13.6 Continuum model of adsorption |
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13.6.1 Off-lattice modeling |
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13.6.2 Energetic and structural quantities for phase characterization by canonical statistical analysis |
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13.6.3 Comparative discussion of structural fluctuations |
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13.6.4 Adsorption parameters |
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13.6.5 The pseudophase diagram of the hybrid system in continuum |
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13.7 Comparison with lattice results |
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13.8 Systematic microcanonical analysis of adsorption transitions |
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13.8.1 Dependence on the surface attraction strength |
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13.8.2 Chain-length dependence |
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282 | (2) |
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13.8.3 Translational entropy |
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13.9 Polymer adsorption at a nanowire |
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13.9.1 Modeling the polymer--nanowire complex |
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287 | (1) |
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13.9.2 Structural phase diagram |
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288 | (5) |
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14 Hybrid protein--substrate interfaces |
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14.1 Steps toward bionanotechnology |
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293 | (1) |
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14.2 Substrate-specific peptide adsorption |
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294 | (7) |
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14.2.1 Hybrid lattice model |
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294 | (1) |
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14.2.2 Influence of temperature and solubility on substrate-specific peptide adsorption |
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14.3 Semiconductor-binding synthetic peptides |
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14.4 Thermodynamics of semiconductor-binding peptides in solution |
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303 | (4) |
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14.5 Modeling a hybrid peptide--silicon interface |
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14.5.2 Si(100), oxidation, and the role of water |
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308 | (1) |
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14.6 Sequence-specific peptide adsorption at silicon (100) surface |
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14.6.1 Thermal fluctuations and deformations upon binding |
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312 | (1) |
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14.6.2 Secondary-structure contents of the peptides |
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14.6.3 Order parameter of adsorption and nature of adsorption transition |
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15 Concluding remarks and outlook |
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References |
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Index |
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