The structure and dynamics of confined single polymer chain in a dilute solution, either in equilibrium or at different shear rates in the uniform shear flow fields, were investigated by means of dissipative particle dynamics simulations. The no-slip boundary condition without density fluctuation near the wall was taken into account to mimic the environment of a nanochannel. The dependences of the radius of gyration, especially in three different di- rections, and the density profile of the chain mass center on the strength of the confinement and the Weissenberg number（Wn） was studied. The effect of the interaction between polymer and solvent on the density profile was also investigated in the cases of moderate and strong Wn. In the high shear flow, the polymer migrates to the center of the channel with increasing Wn. There is only one density profile peak in the channel center in the uniform shear flow, which is in agreement with the results of the experiments and theory.
HE Yan-dong WANG Yong-lei LU Zhong-yuan LI Ze-sheng
It was investigated that the domain growth processes of spinodal decomposition with different quenching depth in two and three dimensional binary immiscible fluids by using parallel dissipative particle dynamics simulations. In two dimensions, the dynamic scaling exponent 1/2 for coalescence and 2/3 for inertial regimes in the shallow quench and strong finite size effects in the cases of deep quenching were obtained. In three dimensions, it was used that the diffusive regime with exponent n=l/3 in the shallow quench and the inertial hydrodynamic regime with n=2/3 for different quenches. The viscous effects are not clearly reflected, showing n=1/2 in both shallow and deep quenches in this time period, due to the soft nature of interaction potential adopted in dissipative particle dynamics.
The rotational isomeric state（RIS） model was constructed for poly（vinylidene chloride）（PVDC） based on quantum chemistry calculations. The statistical weighted parameters were obtained from RIS representations and ab initio energies of conformers for model molecules 2,2,4,4-tetrachloropentane（TCP） and 2,2,4,4,6, 6-hexachloroheptane（HCH）. By employing the RIS method, the characteristic ratio C∞ was calculated for PVDC. The calculated characteristic ratio for PVDC is in good agreement with experiment result. Additionally, we studied the influence of the statistical weighted parameters on C∞ by calculating δC∞/δlnw. According to the values of δC∞/δlnw, the effects of second-order Cl-CH2 pentane type interaction and C1--C1 long range interaction on C∞ were found to be important. In contrast, first-order interaction is unimportant.
ZHANG Zhi-jie LIU Yu-hua Lü Zhong-yuan LI Ze-sheng
The phase behavior of bimodal molecular weight high density polyethylene(BHDPE) in solid state was investigated.Hildebrand solubility parameters(δ) were calculated for the models of blends of higher molecular weight branch polyethylene(HBPE) with different branch contents and lower molecular weight linear polyethylene(LLPE),by using molecular dynamics(MD) simulations.These 3 values were then used to calculate the corresponding Flory-Huggins interaction parameter(x) between HBPE and LLPE models.In order to b...
