TY - JOUR
T1 - Generalized models for bond percolation transitions of associative polymers
AU - Choi, Jeong Mo
AU - Hyman, Anthony A.
AU - Pappu, Rohit V.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 American Physical Society.
PY - 2020/10
Y1 - 2020/10
N2 - Polymers with stickers-and-spacers architectures can drive phase-separation-aided bond percolation transitions. Here, we present a generalized mean-field model to enable the calculation of bond percolation thresholds for polymers with multiple types of stickers. Further, using graph-based Monte Carlo simulations we demonstrate how cooperativity in bond formation can give rise to reentrant phase behavior. When combined with recent advances for modeling phase separation, our approaches for calculating percolation lines could be useful for modeling hardening transitions for multivalent proteins.
AB - Polymers with stickers-and-spacers architectures can drive phase-separation-aided bond percolation transitions. Here, we present a generalized mean-field model to enable the calculation of bond percolation thresholds for polymers with multiple types of stickers. Further, using graph-based Monte Carlo simulations we demonstrate how cooperativity in bond formation can give rise to reentrant phase behavior. When combined with recent advances for modeling phase separation, our approaches for calculating percolation lines could be useful for modeling hardening transitions for multivalent proteins.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevE.102.042403
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevE.102.042403
M3 - Article
C2 - 33212590
AN - SCOPUS:85093365666
SN - 2470-0045
VL - 102
JO - Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
JF - Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
IS - 4
M1 - 042403
ER -