| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 72, Number 1, October 2005
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 89 - 95 | |
| Section | Condensed matter: structural, mechanical and thermal properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2005-10208-x | |
| Published online | 31 August 2005 | |
Model for wormlike polymers confined between hard walls
1
Department of Physics, University of Waterloo - Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
2
Department of Physics, University of Guelph - Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
Received:
13
January
2005
Accepted:
4
August
2005
We analyze the structure and phase behavior of long wormlike
polymers sterically confined between two parallel, structureless
walls, separated by a distance W. We focus on the case where W
is comparable to the persistence length 
of the polymers,
, where L is the total contour length of a
polymer. We find that three distinct phases (uniaxial, biaxial and
condensed) may exist, depending on the polymer density and W,
for wormlike chains interacting with each other through the
excluded-volume interaction.
PACS: 61.41.+e – Polymers, elastomers, and plastics / 64.70.Md – Transitions in liquid crystals / 68.47.Mn – Polymer surfaces
© EDP Sciences, 2005
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