Generating moment equations in the Doi model of liquid-crystalline polymers
arXiv:cond-mat/0003506 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.60.5783
Abstract
We present a self-consistent method for deriving moment equations for kinetic models of polymer dynamics. The Doi model [M. Doi, J.Polymer. Sci., Polym. Phys. Ed. 19, 229 (1981)] of liquid-crystalline polymers with the Onsager excluded-volume potential is considered as an example. To lowest order, this method amounts to a simple effective potential different from the Maier-Saupe form. Analytical results are presented which indicate that this effective potential provides a better approximation to the Onsager potential than the Maier-Saupe potential. Corrections to the effective potential are obtained.
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