Figure 1.

Snapshots of computer-generated configurations at the end of MC simulations. Left to right: 100 chains of N = 12 at φ = 0.50; 50 chains of N = 24 at φ = 0.54; 96 chains of N = 50 at φ = 0.58; and 48 chains of N = 100 and φ = 0.61. The sphere monomers are shown, with the coordinates of their centers being subjected to periodic boundary conditions in the y and z dimensions. The spheres are color-coded according to the parent chain. The flat hard walls along the confined (x) dimension are indicated by the black squares. The images were created with the VMD software [57]. The figure panels are also available in 3-D, interactive images.