Jean-Pierre Hansen et al 2005 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 17 S3185 doi:10.1088/0953-8984/17/45/001
Jean-Pierre Hansen, Chris I Addison and Ard A Louis
Show affiliationsA coarse-graining strategy for dilute and semi-dilute solutions of interacting polymers, and of colloid–polymer mixtures, is briefly described. Monomer degrees of freedom are traced out to derive an effective, state-dependent pair potential between the polymer centres of mass. The cross-over between good and poor solvent conditions is discussed within a scaling analysis. The method is extended to block copolymers represented as 'necklaces' of soft 'blobs', and its success is illustrated here in the case of a symmetric diblock copolymer which exhibits microphase separation.
61.25.H- Macromolecular and polymers solutions; polymer melts
Issue 45 (16 November 2005)
Received 16 September 2005
Published 28 October 2005
Jean-Pierre Hansen et al 2005 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 17 S3185
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