A new equation of state for homo-polymers in dissipative particle dynamics

A chain-revised Groot-Warren equation of state (crGW-EOS) was developed and tested to describe systems of homo-oligomeric chains in the framework of dissipative particle dynamics (DPD). First, thermodynamic perturbation theory is applied to introduce correction terms that account for the reduction i...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of chemical physics 2019-03, Vol.150 (12), p.124104-124104
Hauptverfasser: Minkara, Mona S., Noether, Celeste O., Jamadagni, Sumanth N., Ghobadi, Ahmad F., Eike, David M., Siepmann, J. Ilja
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A chain-revised Groot-Warren equation of state (crGW-EOS) was developed and tested to describe systems of homo-oligomeric chains in the framework of dissipative particle dynamics (DPD). First, thermodynamic perturbation theory is applied to introduce correction terms that account for the reduction in pressure with an increasing number of bonds at constant bead number density. Then, this EOS is modified by introducing a set of switching functions that yields an accurate second virial coefficient in the low-density limit. The crGW-EOS offers several improvements over the revised Groot-Warren equation of state and Groot-Warren equation of state for chain molecules. We tested the crGW-EOS by using it to predict the pressure of oligomeric systems and the B2 virial coefficient of chain DPD particles for a range of bond lengths. Additionally, a method is developed for determining the strength of cross-interaction parameters between chains of different compositions and sizes and for thermal and athermal mixtures. We explored how different levels of coarse-graining affect the upper-critical solution temperature.
ISSN:0021-9606
1089-7690
DOI:10.1063/1.5058280