Issue Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics Volume 141, February 2007 3rd International Workshop on Dynamics in Confinement Page(s) 251 - 254 DOI 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00048-4 Published online 29 March 2007

Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics 141, 251-254 (2007)
DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00048-4

Structural properties of a fluid of polymers confined in a porous matrix of star polymers

M.-J. Fernaud¹, G. Kahl¹ and C.N. Likos<sup>2

1</sup>  Institut für Theoretische Physik and CMS, TU Wien, Wiedner Hauptstraße 8-10, 1040 Wien, Austria
²  Institut für Theoretische Physik II, Heinrich-Heine Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany

(Published online: 29 March 2007)

Abstract
We have studied the structural properties of a fluid of linear polymer chains under the external field of a disordered porous matrix, represented by a frozen liquid configuration of star polymer particles. To this end, and using a coarse-grained description of both fluid and matrix, we have applied the replica Ornstein-Zernike formalism to this particular case where soft and ultra-soft interparticle potentials have come into play. Our systematic investigations point out how the matrix influences the structural properties of the confined polymer fluid.

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