Figure 6.

Summary of the stable states in Model A and B. Here the different equilibrium configurations of the polymers in the two variants of the model are pictorially illustrated. (Left panel) System configurations found in the low E and c phase, where polymers float independently. (Right panel) Summary of the configurations emerging in the high E and c phase, for Model A (left) and B (right column). In a two-polymer system, the same dynamics/equilibrium behavior is found in Models A and B, while in a system with many polymers, different configurations can be found in the two models. The equilibrium configurations having small probability (vanishing in the thermodynamic limit) are represented at a smaller scale.