## Abstract The configurational, or elastic, free energy __A__~el~ of a polymer chain is discussed in terms of the Fourier configurational approach. The importance of accounting for all degrees of freedom of the chain is shown in comparison with affine meanβfield theories and with scaling theories
Temperature dependence of the configurational free energy of a branched polymer
β Scribed by S. G. Whittington; C. E. Soteros; N. Madras
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 446 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0259-9791
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