Local and Global Order in Dense Packings of Semi-Flexible Polymers of Hard Spheres

Local and Global Order in Dense Packings of Semi-Flexible Polymers of Hard Spheres

The local and global order in dense packings of linear, semi-flexible polymers of tangent hard spheres are studied by employing extensive Monte Carlo simulations at increasing volume fractions. The chain stiffness is controlled by a tunable harmonic potential for the bending angle, whose intensity d...

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Main Authors: Daniel Martínez-Fernández, Miguel Herranz, Katerina Foteinopoulou, Nikos Ch. Karayiannis, Manuel Laso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-01-01
Series:Polymers
Subjects:
semi-flexible polymers
hard sphere
athermal chain
Monte Carlo
molecular simulation
crystallization
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/15/3/551

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