Solvent response of mixed polymer brushes

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 135, Issue 21, 2011, Pages

  Gong, Kai ^a   Chapman, Walter G ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIGURATIONAL ENTROPY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; GRAFTING DENSITIES; IMPLICIT SOLVENTS; LATERAL SEGREGATION; LONG CHAINS; MEAN-FIELD INTERACTIONS; MIXED POLYMERS; PLANAR SURFACE; POLYMER BRUSHES; POLYMER CHAINS; PURE POLYMERS; SOLVENT EFFECTS; SOLVENT SELECTIVITY;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BINARY MIXTURES; BRUSHES; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ENTROPY; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); SOLVENTS;

CHAIN LENGTH;

POLYMER; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMODYNAMICS;

POLYMERS; SOLVENTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 83455243194     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3657830     Document Type: Article

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