Lue, L. (2000) Volumetric behavior of athermal dendritic polymers: Monte Carlo simulation. Macromolecules, 33 (6). pp. 2266-2272. ISSN 0024-9297
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We present results of Monte Carlo simulations for dilute to concentrated solutions of athermal, homogeneous dendritic polymers. The dendritic polymers are composed of tangent hard- spheres and vary from generation 0 to generation 5. These simulations investigate the effect of hyperbranching on the structure and thermodynamics of polymer solutions. At low concentrations, dendritic polymers systems have a lower pressure than linear polymers of the same molecular weight, owing to the more compact architecture of the dendrimer. In the concentrated polymer regime, solutions containing low- generation dendrimers behave similarly to linear polymers, while those containing high-generation dendrimers have a pressure that increases more rapidly with concentration.
| Item type: | Article |
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| ID code: | 27949 |
| Notes: | English Article 297GF MACROMOLECULES |
| Keywords: | angle neutron-scattering, integral-equation theory, hard-sphere chains, molecular-dynamics, starburst dendrimers, pamam dendrimers, state, macromolecules, transition, viscosity, Physical and theoretical chemistry |
| Subjects: | Science > Chemistry > Physical and theoretical chemistry |
| Department: | Faculty of Engineering > Chemical and Process Engineering |
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| Depositing user: | Dr Leo Lue |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Oct 2010 16:13 |
| Last modified: | 12 Mar 2012 11:20 |
| URI: | http://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/27949 |
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