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Structure of a bidisperse polymer brush: Monte Carlo simulation and self-consistent field results

Ekaterina B. ZhulinaPik Yin Lai

subject

chemistry.chemical_classificationQuantitative Biology::BiomoleculesPolymers and PlasticsField (physics)Organic ChemistryMonte Carlo methodStructure (category theory)PolymerPolymer brushMolecular physicsCondensed Matter::Soft Condensed MatterInorganic Chemistrychemistry.chemical_compoundMonomerChain (algebraic topology)chemistryPosition (vector)Materials ChemistryStatistical physics

description

Using the bond-fluctuation model, Monte Carlo simulations are performed for polymer brushes composed of chains of two different chain lengths under good solvent condition. Profiles of monomer density and free end density, chain linear dimensions, and average monomer position along a chain are studied. Quantities measured in the simulations are derived from the analytic self-consistent field (SCF) theory and compared with the simulation data. The structural properties can be quite accurately described by the theory only when both the long and short chains are stretched

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
1992-09-01Macromolecules
https://doi.org/10.1021/ma00046a014