Effect of grafting on the binding transition of two flexible polymers
  We investigate the binding transition of two flexible polymers grafted to a steric surface with closeby end points. While free polymers show a discontinuous transition, grafting to a steric flat surface leads to a continuous binding transition. This is supported by results from Metropolis and parallel multicanonical simulations. A combination of canonical and microcanonical analyses reveals that the change in transition order can be understood in terms of the reduced translational entropy of the unbound high-temperature phase upon grafting. 
Johannes Zierenberg and Katharina Tholen and Wolfhard Janke
cond-mat.soft cond-mat.stat-mech