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Authors Lang, M. ; Rubinstein, M. ; Sommer, J.-U.
Title Conformations of a Long Polymer in a Melt of Shorter Chains: Generalizations of the Flory Theorem
Date 01.02.2015
Number 45489
Abstract Large-scale simulations of the swelling of a long N-mer in a melt of chemically identical P-mers are used to investigate a discrepancy between theory and experiments. Classical theory predicts an increase of probe chain size R ~ P–0.18 with decreasing degree of polymerization P of melt chains in the range of 1 < P < N1/2. However, both experiment and simulation data are more consistent with an apparently slower swelling R ~ P–0.1 over a wider range of melt degrees of polymerization. This anomaly is explained by taking into account the recently discovered long-range bond correlations in polymer melts and corrections to excluded volume. We generalize the Flory theorem and demonstrate that it is in excellent agreement with experiments and simulations.
Publisher ACS Macro Letters
Wikidata
Citation ACS Macro Letters 4 (2015) 177-181
DOI https://doi.org/10.1021/mz500777r
Tags molecular-weight homologs dimensions dynamics blends

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