title: Nonideal behavior of the intramolecular structure factor of dilute polymers in a theta solvent.
abstract: We study the configurational properties of single polymers in a theta solvent by Monte Carlo simulation of the bond fluctuation model. The intramolecular structure factor at the theta point is found to be distinctively different from that of the ideal chain. The structure factor shows a hump around q approximately 5/Rg and a dip around q approximately 10/Rg in the Kratky plot with Rg being the radius of gyration. This feature is apparently similar to that in a melt. The theoretical expression by the simple perturbation expansion to the first order in terms of the Mayer function can be fitted to the obtained structure factor quite well, but the second virial coefficient cannot be set to zero.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Kyushu University 33, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan.
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimomura
authors.forename: Hiizu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakanishi
authors.forename: Namiko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mitarai
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D008956:Models, Chemical; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D012996:Solutions / Q000737:chemistry*; D012997:Solvents / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers; D012996:Solutions; D012997:Solvents