We present a method to map the full equilibrium distribution of the primitive-path (PP) length, obtained from multi-chain simulations of polymer melts, onto a single-chain mean-field 'target' model. Most previous works used the Doi–Edwards tube model as a target. However, the average number of monomers per PP segment, obtained from multi-chain PP networks, has consistently shown a discrepancy of a factor of two with respect to tube-model estimates. Part of the problem is that the tube model neglects fluctuations in the lengths of PP segments, the number of entanglements per chain and the distribution of monomers among PP segments, while all these fluctuations are observed in multi-chain simulations. Here we use a recently proposed slip-link...
The topological state of entangled polymers has been analyzed recently in terms of primitive paths w...
To test the effectiveness of stochastic single-chain models in describing the dynamics of entangled ...
The new multibond algorithm for the Monte Carlo simulations of polymers developed for an isolated ch...
A coarse-grained molecular simulation for block copolymers in the entangled state is proposed as an ...
Three different approaches have been reported in the last few years for identifying topological cons...
State-of-the-art tube models for the dynamics of entangled polymer melts are usually validated on th...
In de Gennes-Doi-Edwards theory for entangled polymeric melts, a length scale r0 is introduced, givi...
We review the methodology, algorithmic implementation and performance characteristics of a hierarchi...
We review the methodology, algorithmic implementation and performance characteristics of a hierarchi...
We present detailed results on the effect of chain branching on the topological properties of entang...
Dynamical properties of branched polymer melts are determined by the polymer molecular weights and a...
We consider four criteria of acceptability for single-chain mean-field entangled polymer models: con...
Simulation results of the primitive chain network (PCN) model for entangled polymers are compared he...
Conceptual advances and rapidly unproved computer speed have fueled tremendous research in rheology ...
A novel simulation method that can calculate the long-time response of polymeric liquids in the enta...
The topological state of entangled polymers has been analyzed recently in terms of primitive paths w...
To test the effectiveness of stochastic single-chain models in describing the dynamics of entangled ...
The new multibond algorithm for the Monte Carlo simulations of polymers developed for an isolated ch...
A coarse-grained molecular simulation for block copolymers in the entangled state is proposed as an ...
Three different approaches have been reported in the last few years for identifying topological cons...
State-of-the-art tube models for the dynamics of entangled polymer melts are usually validated on th...
In de Gennes-Doi-Edwards theory for entangled polymeric melts, a length scale r0 is introduced, givi...
We review the methodology, algorithmic implementation and performance characteristics of a hierarchi...
We review the methodology, algorithmic implementation and performance characteristics of a hierarchi...
We present detailed results on the effect of chain branching on the topological properties of entang...
Dynamical properties of branched polymer melts are determined by the polymer molecular weights and a...
We consider four criteria of acceptability for single-chain mean-field entangled polymer models: con...
Simulation results of the primitive chain network (PCN) model for entangled polymers are compared he...
Conceptual advances and rapidly unproved computer speed have fueled tremendous research in rheology ...
A novel simulation method that can calculate the long-time response of polymeric liquids in the enta...
The topological state of entangled polymers has been analyzed recently in terms of primitive paths w...
To test the effectiveness of stochastic single-chain models in describing the dynamics of entangled ...
The new multibond algorithm for the Monte Carlo simulations of polymers developed for an isolated ch...