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Solvent-Induced Negative Energetic Elasticity in a Lattice Polymer Chain

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The negative internal energetic contribution to the elastic modulus (negative energetic elasticity) has been recently observed in polymer gels. This finding challenges the conventional notion that the elastic moduli of rubberlike materials are determined mainly by entropic elasticity. However, the microscopic origin of negative energetic elasticity has not yet been clarified. Here, we consider the n-step interacting self-avoiding walk on a cubic lattice as a model of a single polymer chain (a

NCBI     Apr 07, 2023