title: Model of a polymer chain adsorbed to a soft membrane surface.
abstract: The structure of the system consisting of a self-avoiding polymer chain attracted to the surface of a freely supported soft membrane surface by a short-ranged force is investigated. The adhesion of the polymer to the deformed surface can produce distinctive states such as pancake, pinch, and bud, dependent on the phenomenological parameters in the Helfrich model describing the membrane as well as an adsorption energy describing the attraction between a monomer and a membrane surface.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Jeff Z Y
authors.initials: JZ
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers