Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, Vol.32, No.6, 985-991, 1994
Cyclic Polymers Swollen in a Good Solvent Dynamic Scattering Properties
A general formalism for the dynamic scattering properties of cyclic polymers in good solvent conditions is presented. Single-chain dynamics are investigated in the framework of the Oseen tensor model with and without the preaveraging approximation. The chain swelling due to excluded volume interactions is introduced by a renormalization of the internal chain statistics of cyclic polymers. The relaxations of the concentration fluctuations are also described for both ring homopolymers and copolymers.
Keywords:RING POLYSTYRENES;DILUTE-SOLUTIONS