Adsorption of star polymers studied by a new numerical mean field theory Export

@article{citeulike:3889327, abstract = {We present a systematic theoretical investigation of star-like polymers of various architectures near adsorbing surface, using a new numerical self-consistent mean field theory. The comparison of the experimentally reported adsorption profiles with the predictions of our method shows excellent agreement. The study of the structural properties of the formed brushes indicates that as the number of branches is increased the number of adsorbed polymers is significantly reduced. Mixtures of different kinds of star polymers show interesting behaviors as the more branched polymers try to develop in the outer region of brush. We also estimate the forces obtained when curved surfaces come close as a function of the distance between the surfaces.}, author = {Kritikos, G. and Terzis, A.}, citeulike-article-id = {3889327}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2008.05.042}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0032386108004904}, day = {28}, doi = {10.1016/j.polymer.2008.05.042}, issn = {00323861}, journal = {Polymer}, keywords = {2008a, adsorption, jspp\_cae, star\_polymer}, month = {July}, number = {16}, pages = {3601--3609}, posted-at = {2009-01-15 17:37:14}, priority = {2}, title = {Adsorption of star polymers studied by a new numerical mean field theory}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2008.05.042}, volume = {49}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3889327 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3889327 N2 - We present a systematic theoretical investigation of star-like polymers of various architectures near adsorbing surface, using a new numerical self-consistent mean field theory. The comparison of the experimentally reported adsorption profiles with the predictions of our method shows excellent agreement. The study of the structural properties of the formed brushes indicates that as the number of branches is increased the number of adsorbed polymers is significantly reduced. Mixtures of different kinds of star polymers show interesting behaviors as the more branched polymers try to develop in the outer region of brush. We also estimate the forces obtained when curved surfaces come close as a function of the distance between the surfaces. IS - 16 JF - Polymer SN - 00323861 EP - 3609 TI - Adsorption of star polymers studied by a new numerical mean field theory VL - 49 SP - 3601 KW - 2008a KW - adsorption KW - jspp_cae KW - star_polymer AU - Kritikos, G AU - Terzis, A PY - 2008/07/28/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2008.05.042 ER -