Polymer entanglement in melts

Authors
Orlandini, E Tesi, MC Whittington, SG
Citation
E. Orlandini et al., Polymer entanglement in melts, J PHYS A, 33(20), 2000, pp. L181-L186
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS A-MATHEMATICAL AND GENERAL
ISSN journal
03054470 → ACNP
Volume
33
Issue
20
Year of publication
2000
Pages
L181 - L186
Database
ISI
SICI code
0305-4470(20000526)33:20<L181:PEIM>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
We propose a new way of characterizing the entanglement complexity of conce ntrated polymer solutions and polymer melts. This involves considering a ra ndomly chosen cube in the system, and investigating the entanglements betwe en sub-chains in this cube. We present Monte Carlo calculations and scaling arguments for the density dependence of the entanglement complexity, and t he way in which this behaviour scales with the size of the chosen cube.