Some Contribution to Lattice Model Theory of Polymer Solutions
Tatsuro Watari · Institutional Repositories DataBase (IRDB) · 1961
A systematic method of constructing the combinatory factor for configurational partition function of an assembly on lattice is given in Chap. II. This method, called pseudo-assembly method, not only makes the construction of combinatory factors easier, but also clarifies their natures. In Chap. III, it is shown that the pseudo-assembly method is very efficacious when applied to the construction of combinatory factors of chain polymer solutions, and that it gives configurational partition functions which lead to an improved lattice model theory of chain polymer solutions, giving the second osmotic virial coefficient in terms of shape factors introduced in order to specify the shape of a polymer chain.