Physics – Condensed Matter – Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2000-01-19
European Physical Journal E 2, 311-318 (2000)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Soft Condensed Matter
14 pages, 5 figures
Scientific paper
We analyze the effective triplet interactions between the centers of star polymers in a good solvent. Using an analytical short distance expansion inspired by scaling theory, we deduce that the triplet part of the three-star force is attractive but only 11% of the pairwise part even for a close approach of three star polymers. We have also performed extensive computer simulations for different arm numbers to extract the effective triplet force. The simulation data show good correspondence with the theoretical predictions. Our results justify the effective pair potential picture even beyond the star polymer overlap concentration.
Ferber Christian von
Jusufi Arben
Likos Christos N.
Löwen Hartmut
Watzlawek Martin
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