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A local approach to the dynamics of star polymers

Authors :
Michele Mormino
Marina Guenza
Angelo Perico
Source :
Macromolecules. 24:6168-6174
Publication Year :
1991
Publisher :
American Chemical Society (ACS), 1991.

Abstract

The optimized Rouse-Zimm approach to the local dynamics of polymer solutions (ORZLD) is extended to describe star polymers. A first-order model in the ORZLD hierarchy is defined for dilute θ solutions, based on a freely rotating chain (FRC) description of semiflexible stars. The partially stretched FRC star model is found in fairly good agreement with the available shrinking factor data on polystyrene stars as a function of molecular weight.

Details

ISSN :
15205835 and 00249297
Volume :
24
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Macromolecules
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........73d0522a7880fe580128aac2fbe30cd6
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1021/ma00023a018