Table 1.

Effect of flexibility $K$ on the barrier to evaporation $\mathrm{\Delta }{\Omega }^{*}/kT$, location of the barrier $N*$, free energy difference between vapor and liquid $\mathrm{\Delta }{\mathrm{\Omega }}_{\mathit{vl}}/kT$, and location of the liquid $N_l$ and vapor $N_v$ basins

$K$	${\text{ΔΩ}}^{\ast }/kT$	$N^{\ast }$	${\text{ΔΩ}}_{vl}/kT$	$N_l$	$N_v$
1,500	24.2	174	21.1	263	85
1,200	14.2	203	−0.642	258	53
1,000	12.0	207	−12.4	254	41
150	5.62	209	−52.9	245	19