Semiflexible polymer brushes: A scaling theory

被引：26

作者：

Kuznetsov, DV

Chen, ZY ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Waterloo, Guelph Waterloo Program Grad Work Phys, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada

[2] Russian Acad Sci, Inst Biochem Phys, Moscow 117977, Russia

[3] Univ Waterloo, Dept Phys, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada

来源：

JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS | 1998年 / 109卷 / 16期

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D O I：

10.1063/1.477338

中图分类号：

O64 [物理化学（理论化学）、化学物理学];

学科分类号：

070304 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

We present a simple scaling theory to describe the conformational properties of semiflexible polymers grafted on a flat surface. For orientation-dependent interactions between polymer segments, we analyzed the physical properties of a polymer brush from the collapsed to strongly stretched regimes. Our analysis predicts first-order isotropic-nematic phase transitions between isotropically and nematically collapsed brushes, and between stretched and nematically collapsed brushes. It is also found that the orientational interactions would raise the effective a temperature as compared with the isotropic counterparts. (C) 1998 American Institute of Physics. [S0021-9606(98)50349-4].

引用

页码：7017 / 7027

页数：11

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