Simulating a Simple Branched Polymer Using Monte Carlo Methods

dc.rights.license	CC-BY-NC-ND
dc.contributor.advisor	Barkema, Prof. G.T.
dc.contributor.author	Bronk, H.C.
dc.date.accessioned	2013-08-19T17:00:47Z
dc.date.available	2013-08-19
dc.date.available	2013-08-19T17:00:47Z
dc.date.issued	2013
dc.identifier.uri	https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/14113
dc.description.abstract	In this report we present a model for a simple branched polymer as a collection of stiff rods and nodes. We study the effect of the inverse temperature β, elasticity κ, chemical potential μ and polymer length L on the radius of gyration, by building a Monte Carlo simulation that allows for a variation in the polymer’s length and number of nodes. We use the finite size scaling method to achieve a series of data collapses that lead to an expression for the radius of gyration as a function of βκ and βμ. We further find that Rg ∼ N^0.35 .
dc.description.sponsorship	Utrecht University
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dc.language.iso	en
dc.title	Simulating a Simple Branched Polymer Using Monte Carlo Methods
dc.type.content	Bachelor Thesis
dc.rights.accessrights	Open Access
dc.subject.courseuu	Natuur- en Sterrenkunde