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A L Owczarek

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Self-avoiding random walk with multiple site weightings and restrictions.

We introduce a new class of models for polymer collapse, given by random walks on regular lattices which are weighted according to multiple site visits. A Boltzmann weight omegal is assigned to each (l+1)-fold visited lattice site, and self-avoidance is incorporated by restricting to a maximal number K of visits to any site via setting omegal=0 for l>or=K. In this Letter we study this model on the square and simple cubic lattices for the case K=3. Moreover, we consider a variant of this model, in which we forbid immediate self-reversal of the random walk. We perform simulations for random walks up to n=1024 steps using FlatPERM, a flat histogram stochastic growth algorithm. We find evidence that the existence of a collapse transition depends sensitively on the details of the model and has an unexpected dependence on dimension.

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Scaling near the theta point for isolated polymers in solution.

Recently questions have been raised as to the conclusions that can be drawn from currently proposed scaling theory for a single polymer in various types of solution in two and three dimensions. Here we summarize the crossover theory predicted for low dimensions and clarify the scaling arguments that relate thermal exponents for quantities on approaching the theta point from low temperatures to those associated with the asymptotics in polymer length at the theta point itself.

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