Hierarchies in Nucleation Transitions

TL;DR

This paper investigates the layered structure of nucleation transitions in heteropolymer aggregation, analyzing the microcanonical entropy to understand the entropic and energetic aspects of these phase changes.

Contribution

It introduces a hierarchical perspective on nucleation transitions and emphasizes the role of microcanonical entropy in understanding these processes.

Findings

Identification of subphase transition hierarchy

Analysis of microcanonical entropy reveals system-specific insights

Enhanced understanding of heteropolymer aggregation transitions

Abstract

We discuss the hierarchy of subphase transitions in first-order-like nucleation processes for an exemplified aggregation transition of heteropolymers. We perform an analysis of the microcanonical entropy, i.e., the density of states is considered as the central statistical system quantity since it connects system-specific entropic and energetic information in a natural and unique way.