Polymer Brushes

Polymers attached by one end to an interface at relatively high coverage stretch away from the interface to avoid overlapping, forming a polymer "brush." This simple picture may serve as the basis for models in diverse interfacial systems in polymer science, such as polymeric surfactants,...

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Published inScience (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Vol. 251; no. 4996; pp. 905 - 914
Main Author Milner, S. T.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington, DC American Society for the Advancement of Science 22.02.1991
American Association for the Advancement of Science
The American Association for the Advancement of Science
Subjects
360602 - Other Materials- Structure & Phase Studies
Applied sciences
Bending
Chemistry
COLLOIDS
Copolymers
DISPERSIONS
Exact sciences and technology
Free energy
HYDROCARBONS
INTERFACES
Macromolecules
MATERIALS SCIENCE
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
Molecular chains
MOLECULAR MODELS
MOLECULAR STRUCTURE
Molecules
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
Organic polymers
Physicochemistry of polymers
Plastics
Polymer colloids
POLYMERS
Properties and characterization
Solvents
Surface chemistry
Surface science
SURFACTANTS
Polymer
Review
Interface
Adsorbed state
Conformation
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Summary:Polymers attached by one end to an interface at relatively high coverage stretch away from the interface to avoid overlapping, forming a polymer "brush." This simple picture may serve as the basis for models in diverse interfacial systems in polymer science, such as polymeric surfactants, stabilized suspensions of colloidal particles, and structures formed by block copolymers. The structure and dynamics of polymer brushes have been the subject of considerable theoretical and experimental activity in recent years. An account is given of recent advances in theoretical understanding of stretched polymers at interfaces, and the diverse experimental probes of systems modeled by brushes are briefly reviewed.
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ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.251.4996.905