Nonideal behavior of the intramolecular structure factor of dilute polymers in a theta solvent

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Shimomura, Kenji ^a   Nakanishi, Hiizu ^a   Mitarai, Namiko ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOND FLUCTUATION MODEL; DILUTE POLYMERS; FIRST ORDER; INTRAMOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MAYER FUNCTIONS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NONIDEAL; PERTURBATION EXPANSIONS; RADIUS OF GYRATION; SECOND VIRIAL COEFFICIENTS; SINGLE POLYMERS; STRUCTURE FACTORS; THEORETICAL EXPRESSION; THETA SOLVENT;

EQUATIONS OF STATE; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

SIMULATORS;

EID: 71849083021     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.80.051804     Document Type: Article

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