- Tytuł:
- Statistical properties of a polymer chain in the environment with low concentration of nanoparticles
- Autorzy:
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A. Tsehay, Dessalegne
Luo, Meng-Bo - Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1050809.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2018-05
- Wydawca:
- Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Fizyki PAN
- Tematy:
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diffusion
conformation
polymer chain
nanoparticles
molecular dynamics - Opis:
- We have investigated the statistical properties of polymer in the environment with low concentration of nanoparticles by using large-scale molecular dynamics simulations. The scaling law for the mean square radius of gyration was examined and simulation results for the polymer lengths 64≤N≤144 yielding a reasonably accurate value of the Flory exponent ν=0.58 at weak polymer-nanoparticle interaction ε_{PN}. Within the same range of N, the mean asphericity of the chain is independent of N. We found that the polymer behaves like a self-avoiding walk chain at small ε_{PN} and a compact sphere at large ε_{PN}. The results are attributed to the increase in the contact between polymer and nanoparticles with increasing ε_{PN}. Normal diffusions of polymer are always observed at whatever ε_{PN} and size and concentration of nanoparticles. Our result shows that the normal diffusion behavior of polymer is independent of polymer's state even though there is a phase transition from a desorbed polymer phase at small ε_{PN} to an adsorbed polymer phase at large ε_{PN}.
- Źródło:
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Acta Physica Polonica A; 2018, 133, 5; 1274-1280
0587-4246
1898-794X - Pojawia się w:
- Acta Physica Polonica A
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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