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Macromol. Theory Simul. 8‐9/2010
Author(s) -
Zifferer Gerhard,
Eggerstorfer Daniel
Publication year - 2010
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/mats.201090015
Subject(s) - column (typography) , stars , plane (geometry) , ellipsoid , cover (algebra) , copolymer , combinatorics , geometry , block (permutation group theory) , star (game theory) , materials science , physics , geology , mathematics , astrophysics , geodesy , composite material , engineering , connection (principal bundle) , polymer , mechanical engineering
Cover: Snapshots of configurations of star‐branched chains with 4 (top), 8 (middle) and 12 (bottom) arms with a total number of 12288 segments. Stars consist either of block copolymers arms (2 nd , 3 rd , 5 th , 6 th column) or are symmetric miktoarm stars (1 st , 4 th and 7 th column). Different scales of blue (red) are used for segments in common good (common bad) solvent while athermal (theta) conditions are marked blue (red) in case of selective solvents (3 rd to 5 th column). In the first row of each set of diagrams the smallest axis of the equivalent ellipsoid is orthogonally aligned with respect to the paper plane and in the 2 nd the longest axis. The two other axes are located in the paper plane, the axis of intermediate length being horizontally aligned. Snapshots should give a visual impression of differences in size and shape. Further details can be found in the article by G. Zifferer * and D. Eggerstorfer on page 458 .