Flory approach for polymers in the stiff limit
- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- Published by EDP Sciences in Journal de Physique
- Vol. 48 (6) , 979-984
- https://doi.org/10.1051/jphys:01987004806097900
Abstract
We present a Flory approximation for the conformation of semi-flexible linear and branched polymers in the extremely stiff limit. We show that the upper marginal dimension dc for the excluded volume effect is in general reduced in the stiff limit. In particular, for a linear chain in a good solvent we find dc = 2 in agreement with the recent Monte Carlo result of Lee and NakanishiKeywords
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