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Two-Component Grafted Polymer Layers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

T. A. Witten  and
S. T. Milner
T. A. Witten
Affiliation:
James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago IL 60637
S. T. Milner
Affiliation:
Exxon Research and Engineering Co., Annandale NJ 08801
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Abstract

We report a theoretical study of the equilibrium statistical mechanics of polymer chains end-grafted in the dense liquid state to a surface. We consider the special features which arise when two immiscible polymer species are present. In constrast to ungrafted polymer blends, this system has two distinct scaling regimes of strong immiscibility: endsegregated and fully segregated. We discuss the mixing energy and bistability properties in each regime using approximations valid for large chain elongation.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 177: Symposium V – Macromolecular Liquids , 1989 , 37
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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