Viscoelastic and Orientational Relaxation of Linear and Ring Rouse Chains Undergoing Reversible End-Association and Dissociation
Viscoelastic and Orientational Relaxation of Linear and Ring Rouse Chains Undergoing Reversible End-Association and Dissociation
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DOI:
10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00424
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发表时间:
2016-04
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影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
Y. Kwon;Yumi Matsumiya;H. Watanabe
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作者:
Y. Kwon;Yumi Matsumiya;H. Watanabe
For dilute telechelic linear and ring Rouse chains undergoing reversible end-association and dissociation, the time (t) evolution equation was analytically formulated for the bond vector of the subchain (or segment), u[c](n,t) with n being the subchain index and the superscript c specifying the chain (c = L and R for the linear and ring chains). The end-association of the linear chain (i.e., ring formation) occurs only when the ends of the linear chain come into close proximity. Because of this constraint for the ring formation, the time evolution equation for u[L](n,t) of the linear chain was formulated with a conceptually new, two-step expansion method: u[L](n,t) was first expanded with respect to its sinusoidal Rouse eigenfunction, sin(pπn/N) with p = integer and N being the number of subchains per chain, and then the series of odd sine modes is re-expanded with respect to cosine eigenfunctions of the ring chain, cos(2απn/N) with α = integer, so as to account for that constraint. This formulation allow...