Theory of the polymer chain collapse for the d-dimensional case

The theory of the intramolecular polymer chain collapse (coil-globule transition) is developed for a space of arbitrary dimensionality d. It is shown that for d > 3 the coil-globule phase transition is of the first order, while for d < 3 it is of the second order. In addition, some conclusions are drawn concerning the swelling of the two-dimensional coils.

MoreLess

Year of publication:	1981
Authors:	Khokhlov, A.R.
Published in:	Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. - Elsevier, ISSN 0378-4371. - Vol. 105.1981, 1, p. 357-362
Publisher:	Elsevier

More details

Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010585541