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. 2022 Nov 28;55(23):10723–10736. doi: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c01264

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Scaling behavior of the mean-square gyration radius, , and the mean-square magnetic radius, , of ring polymers as a function of the total number of entanglements, Z = L/L_e, of the chain. Error bars are smaller than the symbols size. The empty symbols reproduce the ring data by Müller et al.,⁸ with different symbols for the different Kuhn lengths used in that work (by employing their notation: σ/κ_BT = 0 (□), 1 (○), 2 (◇), 3 (▽), from flexible to increasingly stiffer chains). The solid gray lines are for the on-lattice rings on the fcc lattice studied in ref (23).

Inline graphic — Scaling behavior of the mean-square gyration radius, , and the mean-square magnetic radius, , of ring polymers as a function of the total number of entanglements, Z = L/L_e, of the chain. Error bars are smaller than the symbols size. The empty symbols reproduce the ring data by Müller et al.,⁸ with different symbols for the different Kuhn lengths used in that work (by employing their notation: σ/κ_BT = 0 (□), 1 (○), 2 (◇), 3 (▽), from flexible to increasingly stiffer chains). The solid gray lines are for the on-lattice rings on the fcc lattice studied in ref (23).