Collective Dynamics of an End-Grafted Polymer Brush in Solvents of Varying Quality

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2004, Pages

  Yakubov, G E ^a,e   Loppinet, B ^a   Zhang, H ^b   Ruhe J ^b   Sigel, R ^d   Fytas, G ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

^e RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; CHEMICAL BONDS; COLLOIDS; CONFORMATIONS; FIBER OPTICS; GELS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LIGHT SCATTERING; LUBRICATION; OSMOSIS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

MACROSCOPIC PHASE SEPARATION; MICROSEGREGATION; POLYMER BRUSHES; SELF-DIFFUSION;

POLYSTYRENES;

EID: 2342535078     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.115501     Document Type: Article

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