CONFIGURATION OF SEMIFLEXIBLE POLYMER-CHAINS IN THE NEMATIC PHASE

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CHEN, ZY [1 ]
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[1] UNIV WATERLOO,DEPT PHYS,WATERLOO N2L 3G1,ONTARIO,CANADA
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10.1021/ma00086a015
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O63 [高分子化学(高聚物)];
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070305 ; 080501 ; 081704 ;
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The mean square projections of the end-to-end separation and radius of gyration along and perpendicular to the nematic director are determined for semiflexible polymer chains at the isotropic-nematic transition. The polymer chains are assumed to obey the Saito-Takahashi-Yunoki distribution for wormlike chains, interacting with each other through an Onsager-type excluded volume interaction, accurate to the second virial approximation.
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页码:2073 / 2078
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