Theory of semi-dilute polymer solutions. I. Static property in a good solvent
- 1 December 1983
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics A: General Physics
- Vol. 16 (17), 4155-4170
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/16/17/030
Abstract
The authors study the static property of semi-dilute polymer solutions in a good solvent. Edwards' transformation is employed to develop the conformation space renormalisation group theory in semi-dilute solutions. They are primarily concerned with the crossover behaviour from a dilute to semi-dilute regime. The first-order calculation on epsilon =(4-d) with d the dimensionality of space is performed for the asymptotic scaling functions of the radius of gyration, osmotic compressibility and the correlation length of the monomer density fluctuations.Keywords
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