MONTE-CARLO SIMULATION OF MANY-ARM STAR POLYMERS

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OHNO, K
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[1] Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku
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10.1002/masy.19940810114
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O63 [高分子化学(高聚物)];
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070305 ; 080501 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The statistics of many-arm star polymers in dilute solution is studied by means of the enrichment algorithm [K. Ohno and K. Binder, J. Stat. Phys. 64, 781 (1991)] using a Monte Carlo simulation technique. In this study, typically 50,000 samples of star polymers with 12,32 arms each of which has 50 bonds axe generated. The results for the configuration-number exponent gamma(f) axe gamma(12) = 73.4 +/- 0.3, gamma(18) = -8.9 +/- 0.2 and gamma(32) = -29 +/- 2.
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