2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/18845We compare two recently proposed methods for the characterization of phase transitions in small systems. The usefulness of these techniques is evaluated for the case of structural transition in alanine-based peptides.Accepted for publication in Int. J. Mol. Sci., to appear in a special issue devoted to R.S. BerryStatistical MechanicsSoft Condensed MatterQuantitative BiologyStructural transitions in biomolecules - a numerical comparison of two approaches for the study of phase transitions in small systemstext