Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Solvent-Polymer Interdiffusion. I. Fickian diffusion

Details Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Solvent-Polymer Interdiffusion. I. Fickian diffusion Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Solvent-Polymer Interdiffusion. I. Fickian diffusion

2003-10-18

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0310436v1

J. Chem. Phys. v. 120, p 2989-2995, 2004

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

17 pages and 7 figures

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.1640347

The interdiffusion of a solvent into a polymer melt has been studied using large scale molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulation techniques. The solvent concentration profile and weight gain by the polymer have been measured as a function of time. The weight gain is found to scale as t^{1/2}, which is expected for Fickian type of diffusion. The concentration profiles are fit very well assuming Fick's second law with a constant diffusivity. The diffusivity found from fitting Fick's second law is found to be independent of time and equal to the self diffusion constant in the dilute solvent limit. We separately calculated the diffusivity as a function of concentration using the Darken equation and found that the diffusivity is essentially constant for the concentration range relevant for interdiffusion.

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