CONCENTRATION-INDUCED GROWTH OF POLYMER-LIKE MICELLES

The present simulation shows the change of the static properties of wo rmlike micelles at high volume fraction phi. The analytically predicte d nonalgebraic dependence of the mean contour length [L] of the wormli ke micelles at high phi is observed. This confirms experimental result s giving a higher apparent growth of [L] with phi when using a power-l aw dependence. Moreover, the molecular weight distribution is changed according to experimental observation and takes the form C(L)similar t o L-2 sigma exp(-L/[L]). The value of sigma=0.28 found in the present work is in very good agreement with the experimental one, sigma=0.25. [S1063-651X(98)02111-4].