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From comb polymers to polysoaps: a Monte Carlo attempt
Author(s) -
Rouault Yannick
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
macromolecular theory and simulations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.37
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1521-3919
pISSN - 1022-1344
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3919(19980501)7:3<359::aid-mats359>3.0.co;2-t
Subject(s) - polymer , monte carlo method , side chain , scaling , lattice (music) , statistical physics , materials science , chain (unit) , chemical physics , physics , mathematics , statistics , geometry , astronomy , acoustics , composite material
The pivot algorithm is used on a cubic lattice to study comb polymers large enough to have side‐chains obeying scaling behaviour. The connectivity of the chain induces the formation of side‐chain clusters whose size distribution is investigated as a function of side‐chain length n and spacer length m . When an attractive interaction is set between the side‐chains, the comb polymer displays the behaviour of an associating polymer below the critical aggregation concentration, as observed experimentally.