Journal
POLYMER
Volume 50, Issue 9, Pages 2161-2171Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2009.02.044
Keywords
Self-avoiding walk; Excluded volume; Surface curvature
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- Scientific Network Surfactants and Dispersed Systems in Theory and Practice SURUZ [NCO-CT-2003-003355]
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Behaviour of a polymer chain in the presence of fixed obstacles has been studied by the static Monte Carlo simulations. A modified self-avoiding walk on a cubic lattice has been used to model the polymer in an athermal solution. The statistical Counting method has been applied to calculate the conformational entropy of the chain, assumed to be grafted to an obstacle. Different chain lengths and obstacle curvatures have been examined. Some implications of the confinement induced changes in the conformational entropy of polymer chains to the structure of complexes composed of long polymer chains and nanoparticles are discussed. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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