A Langevin dynamics simulation study of the tribology of polymer loop brushes

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 127, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Yin, Fang ^a   Bedrov, Dmitry ^b   Smith, Grant D ^a   Kilbey II, S Michael ^c  

^a University of Utah   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c Clemson University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; FRICTION; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); SOLVENTS; SURFACE TREATMENT; TRIBOLOGY;

BOUND POLYMERS; FLOW DIRECTION; GRAFTING DENSITY; POLYMER LOOP BRUSHES; SURFACE SEPARATION;

INORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 34548440373     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2757620     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. J. Klein, Y. Kamiyama, H. Yoshizawa, J. N. Israelachvili, G. H. Fredrickson, P. Pincus, and L. J. Fetters, Macromolecules 26, 5552 (1993).
2. J. Klein, Annu. Rev. Mater. Sci. 26, 581 (1996).
3. J. M. Georges, A. Tonck, J. L. Loubet, D. Mazuyer, E. Georges, and F. Sidoroff, J. Phys. II 6, 57 (1996).
4. S. Hirz, A. Subbotin, C. Frank, and G. Hadziioannou, Macromolecules 29, 3970 (1996).
5. E. Eiser, J. Klein, T. A. Witten, and L. J. Fetters, Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5076 (1999).
6. R. Tadmor, J. Janik, J. Klein, and L. J. Fetters, Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 115503 (2003).
7. P. A. Schorr, T. C. B. Kwan, S. M. Kilbey, E. S. G. Shaqfeh, and M. Tirrell, Macromolecules 36, 389 (2003).
8. L. L. Cai, J. Peanasky, and S. Granick, Trends Polym. Sci. 4, 47 (1996).
9. A. Dhinojwala, L. Cai, and S. Granick, Langmuir 12, 4537 (1996).
10. A. M. Forster, J. W. Mays, and S. M. Kilbey II, J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 44, 649 (2006).
11. S. Y. Liem, D. Brown, and J. H. R. Clarke, Phys. Rev. A 45, 3706 (1992).
12. G. H. Peters and D. J. Tildesley, Phys. Rev. E 52, 1882 (1995).
13. G. S. Grest, Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 4979 (1996).
14. P. S. Doyle, E. S. G. Shaqfesh, and A. P. Gast, Macromolecules 31, 5474 (1998).
15. T. Kreer, M. H. Müser, K. Binder, and J. Klein, Langmuir 17, 7804 (2001).
16. T. Kreer and M. H. Müser, Wear 254, 827 (2003).
17. T. Kreer, K. Binder, and M. H. Müser, Langmuir 19, 7551 (2003).
18. F. Goujonv, P. Malfreyt, and D. J. Tildersley, Mol. Phys. 103, 2675 (2005).
19. J. Klein, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 12, A19 (2000).
20. J. D. Weeks, D. Chandler, and H. C. Andersen, J. Chem. Phys. 54, 5237 (1971).
21. J. P. Ryckaert, G. Ciccotti, and H. J. C. Berendsen, J. Comput. Phys. 23, 237 (1997).
22. S. Alexander, J. Phys. (Paris) 38, 983 (1977).
23. P. G. de Gennes, Macromolecules 13, 1069 (1980).
24. S. T. Milner, Science 251, 905 (1991).
25. W. F. Gunsteren and H. J. C. Berendsen, Mol. Phys. 45, 637 (1982).
26. G. S. Grest, Adv. Polym. Sci. 138, 149 (1999).
27. J. Klein, E. Kumacheva, D. Perahia, D. Mahalu, and S. Warbug, Faraday Discuss. 98, 173 (1994).
28. S. Barsky and M. O. Robins, Phys. Rev. E 65, 021808 (2002).
29. S. T. Cui, C. Mccabe, P. T. Cummings, and H. D. Cochran, J. Chem. Phys. 118, 8941 (2003).
30. L. E. Nielsen, Polymer Rheology (Marcel Dekker, New York, 1977).
31. W. Paul and G. D. Smith, Rep. Prog. Phys. 67, 1117 (2004).
32. B. Doliwa and A. Heuer, Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4915 (1998).
33. E. R. Weeks and D. A. Weitz, J. Chem. Phys. 284, 361 (2002).
34. C. Bennemann, W. Paul, K. Binder, and B. Dünweg, Phys. Rev. E 57, 843 (1998).