TITLE

# Tricritical behavior of an off-lattice flexible polymer model: Monte Carlo calculation of second

AUTHOR(S)
Rubio, Ana M.; Freire, Juan J.
PUB. DATE
April 1997
SOURCE
Journal of Chemical Physics;4/1/1997, Vol. 106 Issue 13, p5638
SOURCE TYPE
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Reports on simulation data of second virial coefficients for an off-lattice model of linear polymer chains by means of Monte Carlo method with different values of the variable that describes intramolecular attractions between units. Application of renormalization group theory to tricritical polymer solutions; Reproduction of mean size data.
ACCESSION #
4303127

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