1998/06/22 by M. Watzlawek, Hartmut Löwen, H. Loewen +2 · 3 citations
Engineering · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics #Material Dynamics and Properties #Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics #cond-mat.soft
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/0953-8984/10/37/007
published as J. Phys.: Condensed Matter 10, 8189 (1998) · ReVTeX, 13 pages, 14 figures in eps-format
arxiv created 1998/06/22 · openalex publication_date 1998/09/21 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
The core-core structure factor of dense star polymer solutions in a good solvent is shown theoretically to exhibit an unusual behaviour above the overlap concentration. Unlike usual liquids, these solutions display a structure factor whose first peak decreases with increasing density while the second peak grows. The scenario repeats itself with the subsequent peaks as the density is further enhanced. For low enough arm numbers , various different considerations lead to the conclusion that the system remains fluid at all concentrations.