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Concentration Dependence of Excluded Volume Effects

Soft Condensed Matter 2011-07-05 v2

Abstract

The concentration dependence of the excluded volume effects in polymer solutions is investigated. Through thermodynamic arguments for the interpenetration of polymer segments and the free energy change, we show that the disappearance of the excluded volume effects should occur at medium concentration. The result is in accord with the recent experimental observations.

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@article{arxiv.1106.5488,
  title  = {Concentration Dependence of Excluded Volume Effects},
  author = {Kazumi Suematsu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1106.5488},
  year   = {2011}
}

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12 pages, 6figures, 1 table

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