Two-parameter model predictions and theta-point crossover for linear-polymer solutions.
We consider the first few virial coefficients of the osmotic pressure, the radius of gyration, the hydrodynamic radius, and the end-to-end distance for a monodisperse polymer solution. We determine the corresponding two-parameter model functions which parametrize the crossover between the good-solvent and the ideal-chain behavior. These results allow us to predict the osmotic pressure and the polymer size in the dilute regime in a large temperature region above the theta point.
Caracciolo
Sergio
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Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano and INFN - Sezione di Milano I, Via Celoria 16, I-20133 Milano, Italy. sergio.caracciolo@mi.infn.it
Mognetti
Bortolo Matteo
BM
Pelissetto
Andrea
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