Scaling Relationships of the Structural and Rheological Behavior of Tadpole Polymer Chains in Dilute Solution Systems Using Brownian Dynamics Simulations.

ABSTRACT: Tadpole polymers, also known as lasso polymers, feature molecular structures that combine a single ring with a single linear side branch, leading to distinct conformational, dynamical, and rheological characteristics compared to their corresponding counterparts, particularly pure linear and pure ring polymers. To elucidate the mechanisms underlying these distinctive behaviors, comprehensive mesoscopic Brownian dynamics (BD) simulations of dilute solution systems of tadpole polymers were conducted using a bead-rod chain model under both equilibrium and flow conditions. Three types of tadpole polymer chains were prepared by varying the ring-to-linear ratio within the tadpole chain and comparing them with the corresponding linear and ring chains. Depending on this ratio, tadpole polymer chain

SUBMITTER: Cho C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11510819 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature