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Critical test of bead–spring model to resolve the scaling laws of polymer melts: a molecular dynamics study

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Pages 1196-1201 | Received 01 Feb 2017, Accepted 17 May 2017, Published online: 12 Jun 2017
 

Abstract

To examine the intrinsic nature of the bead–spring Kremer–Grest (KG) model, long-time molecular dynamics simulations are performed. Certain scaling laws for representative polymer properties are compared with theoretical predictions. The results for static properties satisfy the expected static Gaussian nature, irrespective of the chain length. In contrast, the results for the dynamic properties of short chains show a clear discrepancy from theoretical predictions that assume ideal chain motion. This is clear evidence that the Gaussian nature of the dynamics of short chains is not necessarily established for the actual KG model, despite it being designed to have Gaussian characteristics by virtue of its stochastic equations of motion. This intrinsic nature of the KG model should be considered carefully when using this model for applications that involve relatively short chains.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Funding

K.Z.T. was partially supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) [garnt number 16H06071] from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).

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