Advanced chain-growth computer simulation methodologies have been employedfor a systematic statistical analysis of the critical behavior of a polymeradsorbing at a substrate. We use finitesize scaling techniques to investigatethe solvent-quality dependence of critical exponents, critical temperature, andthe structure of the phase diagram. Our study covers all solvent effects fromthe limit of super-self-avoiding walks, characterized by effectivemonomer-monomer repulsion, to poor solvent conditions that enable the formationof compact polymer structures. The results significantly benefit from takinginto account corrections to scaling.
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