Colloidal interactions in thermal and athermal polymer solutions: The Derjaguin approximation, and exact results for mono- and polydisperse ideal chains
(2009) In Journal of Chemical Physics 131(4).- Abstract
- Polymer density functional theory is used to test the accuracy of the Derjaguin approximation in describing the interaction between two spherical colloidal particles immersed in a polymer solution. The density functional equations are solved numerically in a cylindrical geometry and thus a rigorous comparison is afforded, within the density functional framework. The density functional theory provides an exact (albeit numerical) treatment for ideal polymers. We investigate both nonadsorbing and telechelic chains, as well as consider the behavior of widely polydisperse samples (living chains). We make comparisons with the commonly used penetrable sphere models for polymers and are able to identify strengths and weaknesses in the latter. We... (More)
- Polymer density functional theory is used to test the accuracy of the Derjaguin approximation in describing the interaction between two spherical colloidal particles immersed in a polymer solution. The density functional equations are solved numerically in a cylindrical geometry and thus a rigorous comparison is afforded, within the density functional framework. The density functional theory provides an exact (albeit numerical) treatment for ideal polymers. We investigate both nonadsorbing and telechelic chains, as well as consider the behavior of widely polydisperse samples (living chains). We make comparisons with the commonly used penetrable sphere models for polymers and are able to identify strengths and weaknesses in the latter. We find that the Derjaguin approximation performs surprisingly well, even for particle sizes that are comparable to the radius of gyration of the polymers. (Less)
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- Forsman, Jan LU and Woodward, Clifford E.
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- density functional theory, colloids, liquid theory, liquid structure, polymer solutions
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- Journal of Chemical Physics
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- 131
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- 4
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- 044903
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- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
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- scopus:68249126106
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- 0021-9606
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- 10.1063/1.3179684
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- English
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abstract = {{Polymer density functional theory is used to test the accuracy of the Derjaguin approximation in describing the interaction between two spherical colloidal particles immersed in a polymer solution. The density functional equations are solved numerically in a cylindrical geometry and thus a rigorous comparison is afforded, within the density functional framework. The density functional theory provides an exact (albeit numerical) treatment for ideal polymers. We investigate both nonadsorbing and telechelic chains, as well as consider the behavior of widely polydisperse samples (living chains). We make comparisons with the commonly used penetrable sphere models for polymers and are able to identify strengths and weaknesses in the latter. We find that the Derjaguin approximation performs surprisingly well, even for particle sizes that are comparable to the radius of gyration of the polymers.}},
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keywords = {{density functional theory; colloids; liquid theory; liquid structure; polymer solutions}},
language = {{eng}},
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publisher = {{American Institute of Physics (AIP)}},
series = {{Journal of Chemical Physics}},
title = {{Colloidal interactions in thermal and athermal polymer solutions: The Derjaguin approximation, and exact results for mono- and polydisperse ideal chains}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3179684}},
doi = {{10.1063/1.3179684}},
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