ISSN:
0887-6266
Keywords:
integral equations for polymers
;
solvent effects
;
polymer conformation
;
scaling properties
;
Physics
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Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
We present a statistical mechanical theory for polymer-solvent systems based on integral equations derived from the polymer Kirkwood hierarchy. Integral equations for pair monomer-monomer, monomer-solvent, and solvent-solvent correlation functions yield polymer-solvent distribution, chain conformation in three dimensions, and scaling properties associated with polymer swell and collapse in athermal, good, and poor solvents. Variation of polymer properties with solvent density and solvent quality is evaluated for chains having up to 100 bonds. In good solvents, the scaling exponent v has a constant value of about 0.61 at different solvent densities computed. For the athermal solvent case, the gyration radius and scaling exponent decrease with solvent density. In a poor solvent, the chain size scales as Nv with the value of the exponent being about 0.3, compared with the mean field value of ⅓. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 36: 3025-3033, 1998
Additional Material:
5 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
