Figure 2.

(Left panel): Snapshot showing three randomly selected chains of the 48-chain N = 100 system at φ = 0.61, with the coordinates of the sphere monomers fully unwrapped in the y and z dimensions. (Right panel): Layer identification for the CCE analysis. The atoms shown in yellow belong to the top and bottom layers adjacent to the walls, as they lie at a distance shorter than (σ/2 + σ/4) from the nearest wall. The green atoms, shown semi-transparently, belong to the bulk volume of the system. Accordingly, the yellow and green atoms are analyzed with the 2-D and 3-D CCE norm, respectively. The black squares identify the flat, parallel hard walls in the x dimension.