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Adsorption of Oligomers and Polymers into a Polymer Brush Formed from Grafted Ring Polymers
Kurt BinderAndrey MilchevAndrey Milchevsubject
chemistry.chemical_classificationQuantitative Biology::BiomoleculesMaterials scienceMathematics::Commutative AlgebraPolymers and PlasticsPolymer scienceOrganic ChemistryBrushPolymer architecturePolymerRing (chemistry)GraftingPolymer brushlaw.inventionCondensed Matter::Soft Condensed MatterInorganic ChemistryComputer Science::GraphicsAdsorptionchemistrylawMaterials ChemistryMacromoleculedescription
The interaction of a ring polymer brush with a solution containing oligomers or free linear flexible macromolecules is studied by Monte Carlo simulation, varying the chain length of the free chains, and in selected cases also the lengths of the rings. Two grafting densities are studied, corresponding to semidilute and very concentrated conditions, and a comparison with the corresponding case of brushes formed from grafted linear chains is made. Although the ring polymer linear dimensions in the brushes show an anomalous scaling with ring length, similar to (noncatenated) ring polymer melts, the concentration profiles of oligomers and long macromolecules in ring polymer brushes differ only very little from their linear polymer brush counterparts.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-10-31 | Macromolecules |