Crosslinked polymer chains with excluded volume: A new class of branched polymers?

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dc.creatorVilgis, T. A.
dc.date1997-11-26
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T03:09:30Z
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dc.descriptionIn this note microgels with and without excluded volume interactions are considered. Based on earlier exact computations on Gaussian mircogels, which are formed by self-crosslinking (with $M$ crosslinks) of polymer chains with chain length $N$ Flory type approximations are used to get first insight to their behavior in solution. It is shown that two different types of microgels exist: A special type of branched polymer whose size scales as $R \propto N^{2/5} M^{-1/5}$, instead of $R \propto N^{1/2}$. The second type are $c^*$ - microgels whose average mesh sizes $r$ are swollen and form self avoiding walks with a scaling law of the form $r = a (N/M)^{3/5}$.
dc.description5 pages, 2 figures, accepted in Macromol. Theory Simul
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9711280
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9711280
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/27915
dc.subjectSoft Condensed Matter
dc.subjectMaterials Science
dc.titleCrosslinked polymer chains with excluded volume: A new class of branched polymers?
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