2 papers
cond-mat.soft2018
Physical origin of the expansion of polymer coils in a binary solvent in the vicinity of its demixing critical point
Jan V. Sengers, Mikhail A. Anisimov, Xiong Zheng
Critical fluctuations are known to induce a collapse of polymer chains in a mixed solvent upon approaching its liquid-liquid critical point, as originally predicted by Brochard and…
cond-mat.soft2018
Unusual transformation of polymer coils in a mixed solvent close to the critical point
Xiong Zheng, Mikhail A. Anisimov, Jan V. Sengers +1
We have discovered unusual behavior of polymer coils in a binary solvent (nitroethane+isooctane) near the critical temperature of demixing. The exceptionally close refractive indic…