Forces between polymer brushes: Monte Carlo simulation of a continuous-space model
- 1 July 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review E
- Vol. 50 (1) , 343-348
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.50.343
Abstract
We present results of numerical simulations of a three-dimensional off-lattice model for polymer brushes end grafted to parallel planar surfaces, for several values of the surface coverage and the chain length. Besides computing the density profiles, we determine the force between the brushes, using an extension of a method originally devised for lattice systems. The results are compared with predictions of self-consistent field theory.Keywords
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