Concentration and saturation effects of tethered polymer chains on adsorbing surfaces

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 125, Issue 21, 2006, Pages

  Descas, Radu ^a,b   Sommer, Jens Uwe ^b,c   Blumen, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT DE CHIMIE DES SURFACES ET INTERFACES   (France)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MONTE CARLO METHODS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SOLVENTS; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

ADSORBING SURFACES; POLYMER CHAINS; SURFACE CONCENTRATIONS; SURFACE STATE;

POLYMERS;

EID: 33845419041     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2400222     Document Type: Article

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