Collapse of a polymer chain in poor solvents
- 1 January 1975
- journal article
- Published by EDP Sciences in Journal de Physique Lettres
- Vol. 36 (3) , 55-57
- https://doi.org/10.1051/jphyslet:0197500360305500
Abstract
The behavior of a single, flexible polymer chain near the Flory temperature Θ is analysed in analogy with a magnetic phase transition. The transition to a collapsed state is related to a tricritical point for the magnetic problemKeywords
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