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Constrained Dewetting of Polymers Grafted onto a Nonadsorbing Surface in Poor Solvents: From Pancake Micelles to the Holey Layer

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2005

Authors

Huh, June
Ahn, Cheol-Hee
Jo, Won Ho
Bright, Joanne Nicole
Williams, David

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American Chemical Society

Abstract

Using both theory and computer simulation, we study the dewetting problem of a polymer layer grafted on a surface in a poor solvent. We find that in the regime of moderate grafting density the layer is unstable to the formation of finite-sized holes. The

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Keywords: Computer simulation; Interfacial energy; Mathematical models; Micelles; Monomers; Monte Carlo methods; Morphology; Solvents; Surface tension; Wetting; Bond fluctuation model (BFM); Dewetting; Grafting density; Polymer chains; Graft copolymers

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/83983

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ANU Research Publications

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Macromolecules

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Journal article

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10.1021/ma047781z

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2037-12-31

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