Primitive-path statistics of entangled polymers: mapping multi-chain simulations onto single-chain mean-field models
We present a method to map the full equilibrium distribution of the primitive-path (PP) length, obtained from multi-chain simulations of polymer melts, onto a single-chain mean-field ‘target’ model. Most previous works used the Doi–Edwards tube model as a target. However, the average number of monom...
Main Authors: | , , , , , |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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IOP Publishing
2014-01-01
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Series: | New Journal of Physics |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/16/1/015027 |