We discuss the computation of the third virial coefficient in polymer systems, focusing on an additional contribution absent in the case of monoatomic fluids. We determine the interpenetration ratio and several quantities that involve the third virial coefficient for star polymers with 4 and 6 arms in the good-solvent regime, in the limit of a large degree of polymerization.

Third virial coefficient for 4-arm and 6-arm star polymers / S. Caracciolo, B.M. Mognetti, A. Pelissetto. - In: MACROMOLECULAR THEORY AND SIMULATIONS. - ISSN 1022-1344. - 17:2-3(2008), pp. 67-72.

Third virial coefficient for 4-arm and 6-arm star polymers

S. Caracciolo
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2008

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We discuss the computation of the third virial coefficient in polymer systems, focusing on an additional contribution absent in the case of monoatomic fluids. We determine the interpenetration ratio and several quantities that involve the third virial coefficient for star polymers with 4 and 6 arms in the good-solvent regime, in the limit of a large degree of polymerization.
Monte Carlo simulations ; star polymers ; statistical mechanics ; statistical thermodynamics ; virial expansion
Settore FIS/02 - Fisica Teorica, Modelli e Metodi Matematici
2008
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