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A Computer Model for the Average “Cluster” Size in Polymer Aggregates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Anna C. Balazs ,
Jenny C. Hu ,
Andrew P. Lentvorski ,
Steven Lewandowski  and
Christopher W. Lantman
Anna C. Balazs
Affiliation:
Materials Research and Engineering Department, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Pa 15261
Jenny C. Hu
Affiliation:
Materials Research and Engineering Department, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Pa 15261
Andrew P. Lentvorski
Affiliation:
Materials Research and Engineering Department, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Pa 15261
Steven Lewandowski
Affiliation:
Mobay Corporation, Bayer USA Inc., Pittsburgh Pa 15205-9741
Christopher W. Lantman
Affiliation:
Mobay Corporation, Bayer USA Inc., Pittsburgh Pa 15205-9741
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Abstract

A reversible diffusion-limited aggregation model for self-assembling polymers has been developed with the aid of computer simulations. The calculations have been performed in three dimensions and apply to linear chains bearing an associating site at each terminus. The results reveal that the associating sites form finite-sized clusters that, in turn, lead to the assemblage of a supermolecular network. The average cluster size is found to vary with the degree of reversibility of site binding.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 177: Symposium V – Macromolecular Liquids , 1989 , 65
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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