Structure of linear polymeric chains confined between impenetrable spherical walls

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 118, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 11239-11248

  Picu, R C ^a   Ozmusul, M S ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTROPY; FILLERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; VOLUME FRACTION;

SPHERICAL WALLS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 0038116323     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1576216     Document Type: Article

References (48)

1. Z. S. Petrovic, I. Javni, and A. Waddon, Proc. ANTEC 1998, 2390 (1998).
2. C. Ng, L. S. Schadler, and R. W. Siegel, J. Nanostruct. Mater. 12, 507 (1999).
3. P. H. T. Vollenberg and D. Heikens, Polymer 30, 1656 (1989).
4. P. H. T. Vollenberg, J. W. deHaan, L. J. M. van de Ven, and D. Heikens, Polymer 30, 1663 (1989).
5. S. S. Sternstein and A. J. Zhu, Macromolecules 35, 7262 (2002).
6. W. F. Reichert, D. Goritz, and E. J. Duschl, Polymer 34, 1216 (1993).
7. M. Stamm, Adv. Polym. Sci. 100, 357 (1992).
8. B. J. Factor, T. P. Russel, and M. F. Toney, Macromolecules 26, 2847 (1993).
9. J. A. Forrest, K. Dalkoni-Veress, J. R. Stevens, and J. R. Dutcher, Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 2002 (1996).
10. S. Sen, J. M. Cohen, J. D. McCoy, and J. G. Curro, J. Chem. Phys. 101, 9010 (1994).
11. D. N. Theodorou, Macromolecules 21, 1391 (1988).
12. P. G. de Gennes, Adv. Colloid Interface Sci. 27, 189 (1987).
13. J. M. H. M. Scheutjens and G. J. Fleer, J. Phys. Chem. 83, 1619 (1979).
14. J. M. H. M. Scheutjens and G. J. Fleer, Macromolecules 18, 1882 (1985).
15. Y. Zhan and W. L. Mattice, Macromolecules 27, 7056 (1994).
16. K. F. Mansfield and D. N. Theodorou, Macromolecules 24, 6283 (1991).
17. S. K. Kumar, M. Vacatello, and D. Y. Yoon, Macromolecules 23, 2189 (1990).
18. A. Yethiraj, J. Chem. Phys. 101, 2489 (1994).
19. E. Eisenriegler, K. Kremer, and K. Binder, J. Chem. Phys. 77, 6296 (1982).
20. I. A. Bitanis and G. ten Brinke, J. Chem. Phys. 99, 3100 (1993).
21. J. H. Jang and W. L. Mattice, Polymer 40, 4685 (1999).
22. J. Baschnagel and K. Binder, Macromolecules 28, 6808 (1995).
23. P. Cifra, E. Nies, and F. E. Karasz, Macromolecules 27, 1166 (1994).
24. A. Bellemans and J. Orban, J. Chem. Phys. 75, 2454 (1981).
25. A. Kloczkowski, M. A. Sharaf, and J. E. Mark, Chem. Eng. Sci. 49, 2889 (1994).
26. Q. W. Yuan, A. Kloczkowski, J. E. Mark, and M. A. Sharaf, J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 34, 1647 (1996).
27. A. I. Nakatani, W. Chen, R. G. Schmidt, G. W. Gordon, and C. C. Han, Polymer 42, 3713 (2001).
28. M. Vacatello, Macromolecules 34, 1946 (2001).
29. F. W. Starr, T. B. Schrader, and S. C. Glotzer, Macromolecules 35, 4481 (2002).
30. M. Vacatello, Macromolecules 35, 8191 (2002).
31. M. S. Ozmusul and R. C. Picu, Polymer 43, 4657 (2002).
32. F. L. McCrackin, J. Chem. Phys. 47, 1967 (1980).
33. D. P. Landau and K. Binder, Monte Carlo Simulations in Statistical Physics (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England, 2000).
34. T. Keer, J. Baschnagel, M. Muller, and K. Binder, Macromolecules 34, 1105 (2001).
35. I. M. Neelov, O. V. Borisov, and K. Binder, Macromol. Theory Simul. 7, 141 (1998).
36. S. K. Kumar, M. Vacatello, and D. Y. Yoon, J. Chem. Phys. 89, 5206 (1988).
37. J. W. Cannon, J. A. Aronovitz, and P. Goldbart, J. Phys. 1, 629 (1991).
38. F. Eurich and P. Maass, J. Chem. Phys. 114, 7655 (2001).
39. C. Mischler, J. Baschnagel, and K. Binder, Adv. Colloid Interface Sci. 94, 197 (2001).
40. H. W. H. M. Janszen, P. A. Tervoort, and P. Cifra, Macromolecules 29, 5678 (1996).
41. T. Pakula, J. Chem. Phys. 95, 4685 (1991).
42. E. B. Zhulina and T. Pakula, Macromolecules 25, 754 (1992).
43. T. C. Clancy and S. E. Webber, Macromolecules 26, 628 (1993).
44. A. Sikorski, Macromol. Theory Simul. 11, 359 (2002).
45. D. N. Theodorou and U. W. Suter, Polym. Prepr. (Am. Chem. Soc. Div. Polym. Chem.) 26, 74 (1985).
46. R. C. Picu, A. Sarvestani, and M. S. Ozmusul, in Trends in Nano-Scale Mechanics, edited by V. M. Harik, L. S. Luo, and M. D. Salas (Kluwer Academic, Dordrecht, to be published).
47. M. S. Ozmusul and R. C. Picu, Polym. Compos. 23, 110 (2002).
48. P. Cifra and T. Bleha, Macromol. Theory Simul. 8, 603 (1999).