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高分子稀溶液中共溶剂诱导的线团-小球转变的统计理论

A Statistical Theory of cosolvent-induced coil-globule transitions in dilute polymer solution

Yu. A. Budkov, A. L. Kolesnikov, N. Georgi, M. G. Kiselev

摘要:

我们提出了一个统计模型的稀聚合物溶液在良溶剂中的存在下,低分子量的助溶剂。我们研究了共溶剂浓度的变化和共溶剂与聚合物之间的相互作用类型引起的聚合物的构象变化。我们描述的聚合物在溶液中的爱德华兹模型,其中的配分函数的聚合物链与一个固定的回转半径的框架中的平均场近似描述。聚合物共溶剂和共溶剂共溶剂的相互作用在总亥姆霍兹自由能的贡献也被处理内的平均场近似。为了方便起见,我们将体系体积分为两部分:通过其回转体积表示的聚合物链所占据的体积和本体溶液。考虑到两个子体积之间的平衡,我们得到了溶液的总Helmholtz自由能作为回转半径和回转体积内的共溶剂浓度的函数。最小化后的总亥姆霍兹自由能相对于其参数,我们得到一个系统的耦合方程相对于聚合物链的回转回转半径和共溶剂浓度内的回转体积。改变聚合物和共溶剂之间的相互作用强度,我们表明,聚合物的崩溃发生在两种情况下-无论是当聚合物和共溶剂之间的相互作用是排斥性的或当相互作用是有吸引力的。所报告的效果可能与不同学科有关,其中在共溶剂存在下大分子的构象转变是令人感兴趣的,特别是在生物学、化学和材料科学中。

英文摘要:

We present a statistical model of a dilute polymer solution in good solvent in the presence of low-molecular weight cosolvent. We investigate the conformational changes of the polymer induced by a change of the cosolvent concentration and the type of interaction between the cosolvent and the polymer. We describe the polymer in solution by the Edwards model, where the partition function of the polymer chain with a fixed radius of gyration is described in the framework of the mean-field approximation. The contributions of polymer-cosolvent and the cosolvent-cosolvent interactions in the total Helmholtz free energy are treated also within the mean-field approximation. For convenience we separate the system volume on two parts: the volume occupied by the polymer chain expressed through its gyration volume and the bulk solution. Considering the equilibrium between the two subvolumes we obtain the total Helmholtz free energy of the solution as a function of radius of gyration and the cosolvent concentration within gyration volume. After minimization of the total Helmholtz free energy with respect to its arguments we obtain a system of coupled equations with respect to the radius of gyration of the polymer chain and the cosolvent concentration within the gyration volume. Varying the interaction strength between polymer and cosolvent we show that the polymer collapse occurs in two cases - either when the interaction between polymer and cosolvent is repulsive or when the interaction is attractive. The reported effects could be relevant for different disciplines where conformational transitions of macromolecules in the presence of a cosolvent are of interest, in particular in biology, chemistry and material science.

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