Physics – Condensed Matter – Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2010-04-23
Physics
Condensed Matter
Soft Condensed Matter
14 figures, accepted at J.Chem.Phys.
Scientific paper
Self-avoiding polymers in strictly two-dimensional ($d=2$) melts are investigated by means of molecular dynamics simulation of a standard bead-spring model with chain lengths ranging up to N=2048. % The chains adopt compact configurations of typical size $R(N) \sim N^{\nu}$ with $\nu=1/d$. % The precise measurement of various distributions of internal chain distances allows a direct test of the contact exponents $\Theta_0=3/8$, $\Theta_1=1/2$ and $\Theta_2=3/4$ predicted by Duplantier. % Due to the segregation of the chains the ratio of end-to-end distance $\Rend(N)$ and gyration radius $\Rgyr(N)$ becomes $\Rend^2(N)/\Rgyr^2(N) \approx 5.3 < 6$ for $N \gg 100$ and the chains are more spherical than Gaussian phantom chains. % The second Legendre polynomial $P_2(s)$ of the bond vectors decays as $P_2(s) \sim 1/s^{1+\nu\Theta_2}$ measuring thus the return probability of the chain after $s$ steps. % The irregular chain contours are shown to be characterized by a perimeter length $L(N) \sim R(N)^{\dc}$ of fractal line dimension $\dc = d-\Theta_2 =5/4$. % % In agreement with the generalized Porod scattering of compact objects with fractal contour the Kratky representation of the intramolecular structure factor $F(q)$ reveals a strong non-monotonous behavior with $q^dF(q) \sim 1/(q R(N))^{\Theta_2}$ in the intermediate regime of the wave vector $q$. This may allow to confirm the predicted contour fractality in a real experiment.
Baschnagel J"org
Johner Albert
Kreer Torsten
Meyer Harvey
Wittmer Joachim P.
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