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PHYSICA A-STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS
卷 362, 期 1, 页码 30-35出版社
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2005.09.011
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tethered polymers; shear flow; surface phenomena; hybrid modelling; molecular dynamics; continuum fluid dynamics
We analyse the structure of a single polymer tethered to a solid Surface undergoing a Couette flow. We Study the problem Using Molecular dynamics (MD) and hybrid MD-continuum simulations, wherein the polymer and the surrounding solvent are treated via standard MD, and the solvent flow farther away from the polymer is solved by continuum fluid dynamics (CFD). The polymer represents a freely jointed chain (FJC) and is modelled by Lennard-Jones (U) beads interacting through the FENE potential. The solvent (modelled as a U fluid) and a weakly attractive wall are treated at the molecular level. At large shear rates the polymer becomes more elongated than predicted by existing theoretical scaling laws. Also, along the normal-to-wall direction the structure observed for the FJC is, Surprisingly, very similar to that predicted for a semiflexible chain. Comparison with previous Brownian dynamics Simulations (which exclude both solvent and wall potential) indicates that these effects are due to the polymer-solvent and polymer-wall interactions. The hybrid simulations are in perfect agreement with the MD simulations, showing no trace of finite size effects. Importantly, the extra cost required to couple the MD and CFD domains is negligible. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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