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Chain length and density dependence of the chemical potential of lattice polymers

J. Chem. Phys. 97, 6666 (1992); doi:10.1063/1.463671

Issue Date: 1 November 1992

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Igal Szleifer
Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907

Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos
School of Chemical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
The chemical potential of lattice polymers is calculated in two alternative ways: by the Widom insertion method using the Rosenbluth and Rosenbluth sampling technique and by the modified Widom method, based on the insertion of one segment to an existing polymer chain. In the first part of this paper we present a detailed derivation of the modified Widom technique for lattice systems. We then proceed to calculate the chemical potential for chains of up to 50-mers in monomeric and polymeric solvents. We observe marked odd-even effects on the chemical potential. The density dependence of the chemical potential is found to vary with chain length. For most temperatures and densities studied the chemical potential of chain molecules in a fixed environment becomes linear in chain length for molecules longer than 10–20 segments. The results are compared to the classical lattice theories, which are found to be best at high densities, as expected based on previous investigations. The Journal of Chemical Physics is copyrighted by The American Institute of Physics.
History: Received 14 May 1992; accepted 14 July 1992
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PACS
  • 61.20.Ja
    Structure of liquids and solids; crystallography Classical, semiclassical, and quantum theories of liquid structure Computer simulation of static and dynamic behavior
  • 61.25.Hq
    Structure of liquids and solids; crystallography Studies of specific liquid structures Macromolecular and polymer solutions (solubility, swelling, etc.); polymer melts
  • YEAR: 1992

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