Self-consistent field theory study of the effect of grafting density on the height of a weak polyelectrolyte brush

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 113, Issue 32, 2009, Pages 11076-11084

  Witte, Kevin N ^a   Kim, Sangtae ^a   Won, You Yeon ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRUSHES; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MOLECULAR ORBITALS; POLYELECTROLYTES;

CHARGE EQUILIBRIUM; FINITE SEGMENTS; GRAFTING DENSITIES; GRAND CANONICAL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYMERS; OSMOTIC BRUSH REGIME; PACKING CONSTRAINTS; POLYELECTROLYTE BRUSHES; RELATIVE STRENGTH; SCALING ANALYSIS; SELF CONSISTENT FIELD THEORY; WEAK POLYELECTROLYTES;

IONIC STRENGTH;

EID: 68549107797     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp809814j     Document Type: Article

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