Intermolecular effects in the center-of-mass dynamics of unentangled polymer fluids

Details Intermolecular effects in the center-of-mass dynamics of unentangled polymer fluids Intermolecular effects in the center-of-mass dynamics of unentangled polymer fluids

2001-11-28

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0111545v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

22 pages,7 figures, to appear in Macromolecules

Scientific paper

10.1021/ma011596t

We investigate the anomalous dynamics of unentangled polymer melts. The proposed equation of motion formally relates the anomalous center-of-mass diffusion, as observed in computer simulations and experiments, to the nature of the effective intermolecular mean-force potential. An analytical Gaussian-core form of the potential between the centers of mass of two polymers is derived, which agrees with computer simulations and allows the analytical solution of the equation of motion. The calculated center-of-mass dynamics is characterized by an initial subdiffusive regime that persists for the spatial range of the intermolecular mean-force potential, and for time intervals shorter than the first intramolecular relaxation time, in agreement with experiments and computer simulations of unentangled polymer melt dynamics.

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