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A modified FCM (Flory, Crescenzi, and Mark) model is developed to study the configurational statistics of poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) chain. In the model, the theoretical molar cyclization equilibrium constants Kx for small dimethylsiloxane ring are in agreement with the experimental data, and the theoretical characteristic ratio Cn=〈R2〉/nl2 and its temperature coefficient for long ring are close to the experimental results.
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Zhang, L. Effect of Terminal Bond on Configurational Statistics of Poly(dimethylsiloxane). Polym J 26, 1201–1205 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1295/polymj.26.1201
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1295/polymj.26.1201