A Variational Approach to the Localization Transition of Heteropolymers at Interfaces

Details A Variational Approach to the Localization Transition of Heteropolymers at Interfaces A Variational Approach to the Localization Transition of Heteropolymers at Interfaces

1998-12-18

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9812321v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

11 pages, no figures; revised version, to be published in Europhys. Lett

Scientific paper

10.1209/epl/i1999-00260-6

A chain with random hydrophobic-hydrophilic charges is studied in the presence of an interface separating a polar from a non polar solvent. Within a Gaussian variational approach in replica space, a transition is found, from a high temperature region, where the chain is delocalized, to a low temperature region, where the chain is localized at the interface. The transition temperature diverges as the neutrality of the chain is approached. Our results are in agreement with an Imry-Ma type argument by Garel et al. The problem of replica symmetry breaking is also addressed, and the replica-symmetric solution is found to be unstable.

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