LOCAL-STRUCTURE AND DENSITY PROFILE OF POLYMER BRUSHES

被引:143
作者
AUROY, P
MIR, Y
AUVRAY, L
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[1] Commissariat á l'Energie Atomique, Laboratoire Léon Brillouin, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.93
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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Brushes of grafted polystyrene have been studied using the classical small-angle neutron scattering techniques. The results show unambiguously that the interface, in good solvent, has essentially a parabolic shape, with a small exponential tail. Furthermore, the local structure is similar to that of a semidilute polymer solution with a typical blob size equal to the distance between grafting sites. Mean-field and scaling theories therefore account for these results, within their own range of validity.
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