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Conformational and Dynamic Properties of Polymer Loops and Their Mixtures at an Impenetrable Interface

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

H. S. Gulati ,
D. C. Driscoll ,
R. L. Jones ,
R. J. Spontak  and
C. K. Hall
H. S. Gulati
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695
D. C. Driscoll
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695
R. L. Jones
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695
R. J. Spontak
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695
C. K. Hall
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695
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Abstract

In this study we investigate the equilibrium conformational properties and dynamic relaxation behavior of polymer loops grafted at an interface using the discontinuous molecular dynamics simulation technique. Differences and similarities between the structural and dynamic properties of polymer loops and tails are identified. The conformational properties of mixtures of polymers loops and tails are also studied using the bond-fluctuation method. The effect of mixture composition on the conformational properties of the individual components in the mixture is discussed.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 463: Symposia EE – Statistical Mechanics in Physics and Biology , 1996 , 109
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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