Monte Carlo Simulation Studies of the Size and Shape of Linear and Star-Branched Copolymers Embedded in a Tetrahedral Lattice
Monte Carlo Simulation Studies of the Size and Shape of Linear and Star-Branched Copolymers Embedded in a Tetrahedral Lattice
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四面体晶格中线性和星形支化共聚物尺寸和形状的蒙特卡罗模拟研究
DOI:
10.1002/mats.201000027
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发表时间:
1999
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通讯作者:
Daniel Eggerstorfer
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作者:
G. Zifferer;Daniel Eggerstorfer
In recent years the author investigated the size and shape of linear and star-branched model chains as a function of functionality (number of arms) F and chain length (total number of beads) N for several lattice and off-lattice random walk models as well as for self-avoiding random walks (embedded in the tetrahedral lattice) subjected to various thermodynamic conditions. Not only mean values - characteristic quantities averaged over a large number of configurations of given length, functionality and thermodynamic conditions - have been computed, but also distributions of shape parameters, and the correlation operative between size and shape has been explored. The present feature article in principle summarizes these results, however, the data given in part are recomputed for still larger sample sizes and chain-lengths as in the underlying papers. In addition to stars with F = 4, 8 and 12 arms, so far unpublished investigations on stars with F = 3, F = 6 and F = 10 arms are presented and discussed.