Theory of the grafted polymer brush Export

@article{Milner:88gi, abstract = {We caluclate the free energy of surfaces coated with grafted polymers in a solvent. {W}e use a self-consistent field (SCF) method appropriate for weak excluded-volume interactions and at moderately high surface coverage. {W}e give the exact solution for the \"classical limit\" of our {SCF} equations which shows that, at high molecular weight, the concentration profile appraoches a parabolic form rather than the step-fucntion suggestd by {A}lexander and de {G}ennes. {A}ccodringly, the energy required to slightly compress the brush varies as the cube of the compression distance. {A}n extension of the method to the good-solvent, semidilute regime is described.}, author = {Milner, S. T. and Witten, T. A. and Cates, M. E.}, citeulike-article-id = {2095287}, journal = {Macromolecules}, keywords = {bibtex-import, brushes, polymers}, local-url = {file://localhost/Users/mkarttu/Documents/Bibliography/ma00186a051.pdf}, pages = {2610--2619}, posted-at = {2007-12-11 21:32:06}, priority = {0}, title = {Theory of the grafted polymer brush}, volume = {21}, year = {1988} }

TY - JOUR ID - Milner:88gi L3 - citeulike-article-id:2095287 N2 - We caluclate the free energy of surfaces coated with grafted polymers in a solvent. {W}e use a self-consistent field (SCF) method appropriate for weak excluded-volume interactions and at moderately high surface coverage. {W}e give the exact solution for the \"classical limit\" of our {SCF} equations which shows that, at high molecular weight, the concentration profile appraoches a parabolic form rather than the step-fucntion suggestd by {A}lexander and de {G}ennes. {A}ccodringly, the energy required to slightly compress the brush varies as the cube of the compression distance. {A}n extension of the method to the good-solvent, semidilute regime is described. JF - Macromolecules EP - 2619 TI - Theory of the grafted polymer brush VL - 21 SP - 2610 KW - bibtex-import KW - brushes KW - polymers AU - Milner, ST AU - Witten, TA AU - Cates, ME PY - 1988/// ER -