NONEXPONENTIAL DYNAMIC RELAXATION OF RANDOMLY BRANCHED POLYMERS IN GOOD SOLVENTS

Monte Carlo simulations were carried out to study the dynamics of rand omly branched polymers in good solvents. Two types of time scales were observed: fast relaxation times corresponding to the internal contrac tion motions and slower relaxation times corresponding to the overall rotational motions of the polymers. The former is associated with auto correlation functions that exhibit nonexponential decay behavior, a si gnature of the dynamics of random systems. The latter is associated wi th the usual exponential decay behavior, typical of linear or regularl y branched polymers.