Exploring the Density of States of Helical Homopolymer Systems

The density of states of a system is an important tool that can be used to analyze the thermodynamic properties of a physical system. This talk will explore the use of the density of states and its derivatives to understand the structural transitions exhibited by a helical homopolymer model that will produce either long single-helix structures or folded two-helix bundles. The tertiary structure present in this system is dependent on the specifics of the model parameters chosen. Additionally, a two-dimensional density of states across energy and a structural order parameter will be used to demonstrate a dramatic difference in structure behavior for models which have similar densities of state.