Site-averaging in the integral equation theory of interaction site models of macromolecular fluids: An exact approach

摘要

In the recent years, the application of liquid state integral equation methods to soft matter systems allowed significant advances in our understanding of their properties. One of the most prominent developments in this field is the formulation of the Polymer Reference Interaction Site Model (PRISM), extending to macromolecular systems the Reference Interaction Site Model (RISM) of Chandler and Andersen. Mostly applied to polymeric fluids, it has recently been considered to study fluids of platelet-like colloids.