Computer Simulation of the Dynamics of Neutral and Charged Dendrimers
Computer Simulation of the Dynamics of Neutral and Charged Dendrimers
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DOI:
10.1021/ma0357927
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发表时间:
2004-05
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影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
S. Lyulin;A. Darinskii;A. Lyulin;M. Michels
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作者:
S. Lyulin;A. Darinskii;A. Lyulin;M. Michels
Dynamic properties of dilute solutions of neutral and charged dendrimers with explicit excluded-volume, electrostatic, and hydrodynamic interactions have been investigated by Brownian dynamics simulation. Three different types of motions in dendrimers up to g = 5 generations have been considered: the motion of a dendrimer as a whole; the size and shape fluctuations (pulsations); the local reorientations of the individual monomers. The influence of the excluded-volume, electrostatic, and hydrodynamic interactions on these motions has been studied. The characteristic relaxation times have been compared with the theoretical predictions of the Rouse and Zimm models. The self-diffusion of a dendrimer can be described with the help of the preaveraged Zimm approach, and a dendrimer may be considered as an impenetrable sphere with the hydrodynamic radius Rh. For both neutral and charged dendrimers the hydrodynamic radius is smaller than the gyration radius Rg. The dynamics of the size fluctuations for a dendrime...