Wetting transitions in polymer blends: A Monte Carlo lattice simulation
- 15 June 1991
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 94 (12) , 8537-8541
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.460087
Abstract
Wetting transitions of binary polymer mixtures in contact with a wall were studied using lattice models by the method of Monte Carlo simulation. First‐order wetting transitions were found below the critical temperature but at a moderately high volume fraction of the polymer type favored by the wall. The transitions appear to be second order at low temperatures or for short chain lengths.Keywords
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