Lue, L.
(2000),
Equation of State for Polymer Chains in Good Solvents, Journal of Chemical Physics
(Accessed April 25, 2024)
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Equation of State for Polymer Chains in Good Solvents
Published
Author(s)
L L. Lue
Abstract
A free-energy model is developed for polymer chains in good solvents. This model, which combines the ideas of polymer field theory with liquid-state theory, is valid in the dilute, semidilute, and concentrated regimes. The model is compared against computer simulation data for the equation of state of tangent hard-sphere chain fluids. At low concentrations. It accurately describes the thermodynamics of tangent hard-sphere chains, a reproducing the universal scaling behavior of long chains. At high concentrations, the model has an accuracy comparable to those of previous equations of state for tangent hard-sphere chains.Citation
Journal of Chemical Physics
Volume
112
Issue
No. 7
Pub Type
Journals
Keywords
polymer field theory
Citation
Created February 1, 2000, Updated June 2, 2021