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Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE B
ISSN 1673-1581(Print), 1862-1783(Online), Monthly
2005 Vol.6 No.11 P.1130-1134
Dynamic Monte Carlo study on the probability distribution functions of tail-like polymer chain
Abstract: The configurational properties of tail-like polymer chains with one end attached to a flat surface are studied by using dynamic Monte Carlo technique. We find that the probability distribution of the free end in z direction P(Rz) and the density profile ρ(z) can be scaled approximately by a factor β to be a length independent function for both random walking (RW) and self-avoiding walking (SAW) tail-like chains, where the factor β is related to the mean square end-to-end distance <R2>. The scaled P(Rz) of the SAW chain roughly overlaps that of the RW chain, but the scaled ρ(z) of the SAW chain locates at smaller βz than that of the RW chain.
Key words: Probability distribution, Monte Carlo simulation, Tail-like polymer chain
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DOI:
10.1631/jzus.2005.B1130
CLC number:
O631
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