Kinetics of Formation and Mean Shape of Branched Polymers
- 1 April 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 54 (13) , 1420-1423
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.54.1420
Abstract
Branched polymers, the formation of which is controlled by a finite monomer supply or by termination, are studied with a Monte Carlo simulation. The radius-mass dependence of the two models (in dimension from 2 to 8) is unequal, showing that branched polymers in toto cannot be identified with "animals." Study of the growth of mass with time helps to interpret the result.Keywords
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