A polymer solution has chains of lattice sites in a solvent whose molecules each fill…

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Soft Matter at the Thermal Scale, Ch Polymer solutions and blends

Problem

A polymer solution has chains of N=500N = 500 lattice sites in a solvent whose molecules each fill one site (Nsolvent=1N_{\rm solvent}=1). Using Flory-Huggins theory, find the critical interaction parameter χc\chi_c and the critical polymer volume fraction ϕc\phi_c at the plait point of this solution.

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