The generation of polymer brushes by surface-initiated controlled radical polymerization (SI-
CRP) techniques has become a powerful approach to tailor the chemical and physical …

Tethered polymer chains refers to macromolecular chains that are attached into
microstructures by their ends. Highly branched polymers, polymer micelles and end-grafted …

Polymers attached by one end to an interface at relatively high coverage stretch away from
the interface to avoid overlap**, forming a polymer" brush." This simple picture may serve …

Chain-like macromolecules (polymers) show characteristic adsorption properties due to their
flexibility and internal degrees of freedom, when attracted to surfaces and interfaces. In this …

A molecular dynamics simulation of polymeric brushes in solvents of varying quality is
presented. The resulting equilibrium structures are compared with those predicted by self …

In this paper we use the polymer adsorption theory of Scheutjens and Fleer to describe
polymer brushes at spherical and cylindrical surfaces that are immersed in a low molecular …

Recently a variety of technologies have been proposed for improving surface properties of
polymers. Among them is surface grafting of polymers. Although this is a rather new …

166 1. SZLEIFER AND MA CARIGNANO molecules in bulk. The presence of a wall limits the
configurational space of the chains and the two-dimensional anchoring makes the …

Breadth in the molecular weight distribution is an inherent feature of synthetic polymer
systems. While in the past this was typically considered as an unavoidable consequence of …

Grafted polymer layers under variable solvent conditions are studied by Monte Carlo
simulations using the bond fluctuation model. Structural information such as monomer …