Talbachew, Cheru (2017) Excluded Volume Effects on the Conformation of Semi-Flexible 2D Ring Polymers. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.
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Abstract
In this paper we investigate the excluded volume effect on the structural and conformational properties of 2D ring polymer chains using lattice Monte Carlo simulation. In order to take into account chain volume exclusion and crossing of bonds, the bond fluctuation algorithm(BFA) was implemented. Monomer chain flexibility was taken into account by producing chain bending rigidity ks. Chain properties were studied by varying chain size N and the bending rigidity ks. We have computed key chains physical quantities such as the radius of gyration Rg and persistence length lp.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) Q Science > QC Physics |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | Selom Ghislain |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Sep 2018 10:33 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Sep 2018 10:33 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/5610 |
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