The Immunity of Polymer-Microemulsion Networks
| dc.creator | Hed, Guy | |
| dc.creator | Safran, S. A. | |
| dc.date | 2005-09-21 | |
| dc.date | 2006-01-17 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T06:41:49Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T06:41:49Z | |
| dc.description | The concept of network immunity, i.e., the robustness of the network connectivity after a random deletion of edges or vertices, has been investigated in biological or communication networks. We apply this concept to a self-assembling, physical network of microemulsion droplets connected by telechelic polymers, where more than one polymer can connect a pair of droplets. The gel phase of this system has higher immunity if it is more likely to survive (i.e., maintain a macroscopic, connected component) when some of the polymers are randomly degraded. We consider the distribution $p(σ)$ of the number of polymers between a pair of droplets, and show that gel immunity decreases as the variance of $p(σ)$ increases. Repulsive interactions between the polymers decrease the variance, while attractive interactions increase the variance, and may result in a bimodal $p(σ)$. | |
| dc.description | Corrected typos | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0509537 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0509537 | |
| dc.identifier | Eur. Phys. J. E 19, 69-76 (2006) | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.1140/epje/e2006-00010-y | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/101811 | |
| dc.subject | Soft Condensed Matter | |
| dc.title | The Immunity of Polymer-Microemulsion Networks | |
| dc.type | text |