Year: 2005
Type: article
Abstract: A 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.
Authors: Jean-Pierre Hansen, Chris I Addison, Ard A Louis
Institution: University of Cambridge
Language: English
Subfield: Materials Chemistry
Field: Materials Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2067282765