A study of the entanglement in systems with periodic boundary conditions

Panagiotou, E; Tzoumanekas, C; Lambropoulou, S; Millett, KC; Theodorou, DN

dc.contributor.author	Panagiotou, E	en
dc.contributor.author	Tzoumanekas, C	en
dc.contributor.author	Lambropoulou, S	en
dc.contributor.author	Millett, KC	en
dc.contributor.author	Theodorou, DN	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T02:52:50Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:52:50Z
dc.date.issued	2011	en
dc.identifier.issn	03759687	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/36108
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dc.title	A study of the entanglement in systems with periodic boundary conditions	en
heal.type	conferenceItem	en
heal.publicationDate	2011	en
heal.abstract	We define the local periodic linking number, LK, between two oriented closed or open chains in a system with three-dimensional periodic boundary conditions. The properties of LK indicate that it is an appropriate measure of entanglement between a collection of chains in a periodic system. Using this measure of linking to assess the extent of entanglement in a polymer melt we study the effect of CReTA algorithm on the entanglement of polyethylene chains. Our numerical results show that the statistics of the local periodic linking number observed for polymer melts before and after the application of CReTA are the same. Copyright © Progress of Theoretical Physics 2011 All rights reserved.	en
heal.journalName	Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement	en
dc.identifier.issue	191	en
dc.identifier.spage	172	en
dc.identifier.epage	181	en