Equivalence of chain conformations in the surface region of a polymer melt and a single Gaussian chain under critical conditions

• Published in: The Journal of chemical physics Vol. 139; no. 5; p. 054907
• Main Authors: Skvortsov, A. M., Leermakers, F. A. M., Fleer, G. J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 07.08.2013
• Subjects: Adsorption; Chains; Chains (polymeric); Freezing; Grafting; Mathematical analysis; Mathematical models; Melts; Molecular Conformation; Polymers - chemistry; Segments; Surface Properties

In the melt polymer conformations are nearly ideal according to Flory's ideality hypothesis. Silberberg generalized this statement for chains in the interfacial region. We check the Silberberg argument by analyzing the conformations of a probe chain end-grafted at a solid surface in a sea of fl...