Thermodynamic properties of rod-like chains: Entropic sampling simulations

Abstract

In this work, we apply entropic sampling simulations to a three-state model which has exact solutions in the microcanonical and grand-canonical ensembles. We consider N chains placed on an unidimensional lattice, such that each site may assume one of the three states: empty (state 1), with a single molecule energetically null (state 2), and with a single molecule with energy [Formula: see text] (state 3). Each molecule, which we will treat here as dimers, consists of two monomers connected one to each other by a rod. The thermodynamic properties such as internal energy, densities of dimers and specific heat were obtained as functions of temperature, where the analytic results in the microcanonical and grand-canonical ensembles were successfully confirmed by the entropic sampling simulations.