2024
DOI: 10.1063/5.0228826
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Topological comparison of flexible and semiflexible chains in polymer melts with θ-chains

Maurice P. Schmitt,
Sarah Wettermann,
Kostas Ch. Daoulas
et al.

Abstract: A central paradigm of polymer physics states that chains in melts behave like random walks as intra- and interchain interactions effectively cancel each other out. Likewise, θ-chains, i.e., chains at the transition from a swollen coil to a globular phase, are also thought to behave like ideal chains, as attractive forces are counterbalanced by repulsive entropic contributions. While the simple mapping to an equivalent Kuhn chain works rather well in most scenarios with corrections to scaling, random walks do n… Show more

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