
The osmotic second virial coefficient A2 of nonathermal polymer solutions is discussed for a simple lattice model. Each molecule (n-mer) corresponds to a self-avoiding walk of n - 1 steps on the simple cubic lattice and each intrachain or interchain contact contributes a quantity - e to the energy of the system. The function A2(n,f) where f = exp(e/kT) is obtained exactly by direct counting for n ≤ 6 and is evaluated approximately by a Monte Carlo technique for higher n values up to n = 40. In the asymptotic limit n → ∞, it appears that the theta temperature (defined by A2 = 0) is given by kθ/e ≃ 3.71 (fθ ≃ 1.309) while the quantity (dA2/d ln f)θ seems to remain different from zero. Two different theories of polymer solutions are briefly compared to these results.
Chimie organique, Métallurgie, Chimie inorganique, Chimie des solides
Chimie organique, Métallurgie, Chimie inorganique, Chimie des solides
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