Interfacial Properties of Flexible and Semiflexible Polymers |
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Authors: | Narayan Prasad Adhikari Rolf Auhl Ekkehard Straube |
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Abstract: | Using a continuous space rod‐bead model and an off‐lattice Monte Carlo technique we investigate interfacial properties between two incompatible polymers of different stiffnesses. The interfacial tension is determined by using virial theorem and analyzing the spectrum of capillary waves. Detailed interfacial profiles for segment and chain densities and orientations are obtained. The simulation results agree with mean field approaches for not too large stiffness disparities and show a marked tendency towards a plateau at higher stiffness disparities where the differences to mean field approaches increase. |
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Keywords: | interface Monte Carlo simulation rod‐bead model semiflexible polymers stiffness |
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