TY - JOUR
T1 - Integral-equation theory of the structure of polymer melts
AU - Schweizer, Kenneth S.
AU - Curro, John G.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1987
Y1 - 1987
N2 - A general, analytically tractable, nonperturbative theory of the equilibrium structure of dense polymer melts is proposed on the basis of modern integral-equation theories of molecular liquids. Calculations are presented for polymer rings obeying Gaussian statistics and interacting via hard-core repulsions. The correlation hole, compressibility, and static structure factor are found to be sensitive functions of liquid density and degree of polymerization.
AB - A general, analytically tractable, nonperturbative theory of the equilibrium structure of dense polymer melts is proposed on the basis of modern integral-equation theories of molecular liquids. Calculations are presented for polymer rings obeying Gaussian statistics and interacting via hard-core repulsions. The correlation hole, compressibility, and static structure factor are found to be sensitive functions of liquid density and degree of polymerization.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.58.246
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.58.246
M3 - Article
C2 - 10034880
AN - SCOPUS:3342908820
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 58
SP - 246
EP - 249
JO - Physical review letters
JF - Physical review letters
IS - 3
ER -