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Simulation of a confined polymer in solution using the dissipative particle dynamics method

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The dynamics of a bead-and-spring polymer chain suspended in a sea of solvent particles are examined by dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) simulations. The solvent is treated as a structured medium, comprised of particles subject to both solvent-solvent and solvent-polymer interactions and to stochastic Brownian forces. Thus hydrodynamic interactions among the beads of the polymer evolve naturally from the dynamics of the solvent particles. DPD simulations are about two orders of magnitude faster than comparable molecular dynamics simulations. Here we report the results of an investigation into the effects of confining the dissolved polymer chain between two closely spaced parallel walls. Confinement changes the polymer configuration statistics and produces markedly different relaxation times for chain motion parallel and perpendicular to the surface. This effect may be partly responsible for the gap width-dependent theological properties observed in nanoscale rheometry.

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  1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Wayne State University, 48202, Detroit, Michigan, USA

    Y. Kong, C. W. Manke & W. G. Madden

  2. Thornton Research Centre, Shell Research Limited, Chester CHI 3SH, P.O. Box 1, UK

    A. G. Schlijper

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Kong, Y., Manke, C.W., Madden, W.G. et al. Simulation of a confined polymer in solution using the dissipative particle dynamics method. Int J Thermophys 15, 1093–1101 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01458818

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