title: Finite size effects in tightly meshed polymer networks.
abstract: Molecular dynamics computer simulations on regular, tightly meshed model networks exhibit variations of the network density with system size. We show that these variations are due mainly to network elasticity. A theoretical expression derived on the basis of the self-consistent-field approach yields finite size scaling behavior in good accord with the simulation for a wide range of thermodynamic conditions.
authors.affiliation: Fachbereich C and Institut für Materialwissenschaften, Bergische Universität, D-42097 Wuppertal, Germany. hentschk@uni-wuppertal.de
authors.forename: Reinhard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hentschke
authors.forename: Enno
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Oyen