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A Monte Carlo Study of Living Polymers in 2D: Effect of Small Chains on Static Properties
Yannick Rouaultsubject
chemistry.chemical_classificationPhysicsPhysics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)Monte Carlo methodGeneral EngineeringPolymerSquare latticeAtomic and Molecular Physics and OpticschemistryChain (algebraic topology)Mean field theoryContour lengthStatistical physicsStatic behaviorArithmetic meandescription
A slithering snake algorithm is combined with a binding and breaking chain algorithm to simulate the static behavior of living polymers according to Cates' description. It is shown that this simple two-dimensional simulation on a square lattice gives good agreement with the mean field theory. However, the large amount of small contour length chains for small values of the mean average length 〈L 〉 appears to be one of the reasons for the discrepancies observed between the simulated results and the mean field theory. This finding could explain disagreements between experimental observation and theory. Also, the results are not in favor of a swelling of the greater chains by the smaller one.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996-09-01 | Journal de Physique II |