ABSTRACT

Polymeric Chains: Short-and Long-Range Interactions ................................ 49 3.4.1 Excluded Volume Effect ..................................................................... 49 3.4.2 Unperturbed Dimensions of PSF Chains............................................ 53 3.4.3 Flexibility of the Unperturbed PSF Chains ........................................ 56

3.5 Theoretical Models and Simulations of Specic Interactions in Multicomponent Polymer-Solvent-Solvent Systems .....................................60 3.5.1 Theory of Multicomponent Systems: Predictive Molecular

Thermodynamic Approaches ............................................................. 62 3.5.1.1 FH Model ............................................................................. 63 3.5.1.2 Read Model ..........................................................................64 3.5.1.3 FHP Model ...........................................................................64 3.5.1.4 FHPC I Model ......................................................................65 3.5.1.5 FHPC II Model ....................................................................66 3.5.1.6 FPP Model ........................................................................... 67 3.5.1.7 FHPC III or FHPC-AE Model.............................................68