FORCES BETWEEN END-ADSORBED TRIBLOCK COPOLYMER CHAINS AND A BARE MICA SURFACE IN A GOOD SOLVENT

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作者
DAI, L [1 ]
TOPRAKCIOGLU, C [1 ]
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[1] INST FOOD RES, NORWICH NR4 7UA, NORFOLK, ENGLAND
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EUROPHYSICS LETTERS | 1991年 / 16卷 / 04期
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10.1209/0295-5075/16/4/003
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We have investigated the bridging effects of terminally adsorbed chains by directly measuring the forces between a single adsorbed layer of poly(ethylene oxide)-polystyrene-poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO-PS-PEO) triblock copolymer and a bare mica surface in a good solvent (toluene). We find, as the bare mica surface approaches, clearly detectable long-range attractive forces followed by an attractive minimum and monotonically increasing repulsion at smaller separations. Significant changes in the force-distance profiles with compression-decompression cycles are also observed, which strongly indicate rearrangement of the adsorbed macromolecular chains between the surfaces.
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