The distance-resolved effective interaction between two star polymers in a good solvent is calculated by Molecular Dynamics computer simulations. The results are compared with a pair potential proposed recently by Likos et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 1998, 80, 4450] which is exponentially decaying for large distances and crosses over, at the corona diameter of the star, to an ultrasoft logarithmic repulsion for small distances. Excellent agreement is found in a broad range of star arm numbers.
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9904444,
title = {Effective interaction between star polymers},
author = {A. Jusufi and M. Watzlawek and H. Loewen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9904444},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
final version as published, 9 pages + 5 ps-figures