title: Concentration dependent size of reversibly assembling polymers in solution: a mean-field lattice theory.
abstract: The concentration dependence of the mean length of equilibrium polymers, <s>, as a function of solute volume fraction is studied in a lattice description. Using a more detailed model of constituent interactions in comparison to previous studies we are able to find conditions under which a decrease of <s> at high solute concentration may occur.
authors.affiliation: FB C and Institut für Materialwissenschaften, Bergische Universität, D-42097 Wuppertal, Germany.
authors.forename: Peter B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Lenz
authors.forename: Reinhard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hentschke