TY - JOUR
T1 - Entropic elasticity of a regular fractal
AU - Duering, Edgardo
AU - Kantor, Yacov
PY - 1989
Y1 - 1989
N2 - We apply the Monte Carlo method to investigate the entropic elasticity of a model structure with a regular fractal connectivity. We find deviations from Flory theory and from the simple scaling predictions used in polymer physics: unlike linear polymers, the system here maintains its shape on large length scales, and its relative fluctuations decrease with increasing system size, while the behavior of the elastic constants resembles that of energy-dominated models.
AB - We apply the Monte Carlo method to investigate the entropic elasticity of a model structure with a regular fractal connectivity. We find deviations from Flory theory and from the simple scaling predictions used in polymer physics: unlike linear polymers, the system here maintains its shape on large length scales, and its relative fluctuations decrease with increasing system size, while the behavior of the elastic constants resembles that of energy-dominated models.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.40.7443
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.40.7443
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AN - SCOPUS:0345771260
VL - 40
SP - 7443
EP - 7445
JO - Physical Review B-Condensed Matter
JF - Physical Review B-Condensed Matter
SN - 1098-0121
IS - 10
ER -