COMPUTER-SIMULATION STUDY OF THE VALIDITY OF SCALING AND RENORMALIZATION-GROUP THEORIES FOR 2-DIMENSIONAL STAR POLYMERS

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作者
BISHOP, M
CLARKE, JHR
FREIRE, JJ
机构
[1] UNIV MANCHESTER,INST SCI & TECHNOL,DEPT CHEM,MANCHESTER M60 1QD,LANCS,ENGLAND
[2] UNIV COMPUTENSE,FAC CIENCIAS QUIM,DEPT QUIM FIS,E-28040 MADRID,SPAIN
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10.1063/1.464064
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Monte Carlo simulations employing the pivot algorithm have been performed for off-lattice polymer systems in order to investigate the behavior of two-dimensional linear and star polymers. Theoretical predictions for the overall radius of gyration and the end-to-end distance were found to be in reasonable agreement with the simulation data for a small number of arms. However, the disagreement with theory in the case of the radius of gyration of individual arms for larger numbers of arms was well outside the statistical error of our data.
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