Thickness and density profiles of polyelectrolyte brushes: Dependence on grafting density and salt concentration

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 14, 2004, Pages

  Romet Lemonne, G ^a   Daillant, J ^b   Guenoun, P ^b   Yang, J ^c   Mays, J W ^d  

^a SERVICE DE PHYSIQUE DE L ETAT CONDENSÉ   (France)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CONDENSATION; FLOCCULATION; HEAVY WATER; ISOTHERMS; LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILMS; MONOMERS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMERIZATION; SPECTROMETERS;

LEVENBERG-MARQUARDT ALGORITHMS; REFLECTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; SALTED BRUSH REGIMES; SELF-CONSISTENT FIELDS;

BRUSHES;

EID: 19644400697     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.148301     Document Type: Article

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