Flory-Huggins model of equilibrium polymerization and phase separation in the Stockmayer fluid |
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Authors: | Dudowicz Jacek Freed Karl F Douglas Jack F |
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Institution: | James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. |
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Abstract: | The competition between chain formation and phase separation in the Stockmayer fluid (SF) of dipolar particles is analyzed using a renormalized Flory-Huggins model of equilibrium polymerization. Calculated critical properties (T(c), phi(c), Z(c)) for the SF compare favorably with simulations over a wide range of the dimensionless dipolar (or "sticking") energy mu*. We find that the polymerization transition preempts phase separation for a large mu*, i.e., (mu*)2 >22. |
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