Kinetic laws at the collapse transition of a homopolymer

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作者
Kuznetsov, YA
Timoshenko, EG
Dawson, KA
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[1] Centre for Soft Condensed Matter and Biomaterials, Department of Chemistry, University College Dublin
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10.1063/1.471096
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
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We present results from numerical analysis of the equations derived in the Gaussian self-consistent method for kinetics at the collapse transition of a homopolymer in dilute solution. The kinetic laws are obtained with and without hydrodynamics for different quench depths and viscosities of the solvent. Some of our earlier analytical estimates are confirmed, and new ones generated. Thus the first kinetic stage for small quenches is described by a power law decrease in time of the squared radius of gyration with the universal exponent alpha(i)=9/11 (7/11) with (without) hydrodynamics. We find the scaling laws of the characteristic time of the coarsening stage, tau(m) similar to-N-gamma m, and the final relaxation time, tau(f) similar to N-gamma f, as a function of the degree of polymerization N. These exponents are equal to gamma(m)=3/2, gamma(f)=1 in the regime of strong hydrodynamic interaction, and gamma(m)=2, gamma(f)=5/3 without hydrodynamics. We regard this paper as the completion of our work on the collapse kinetics of a bead and spring model of a homopolymer, but discuss the possibility of studying more complex systems. (C) 1996 American Institute of Physics.
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