Finite size effects in tightly meshed polymer networks.
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.
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Reinhard
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Fachbereich C and Institut für Materialwissenschaften, Bergische Universität, D-42097 Wuppertal, Germany. hentschk@uni-wuppertal.de
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