Our recent theory of the free energy and conformations of end-grafted polymer « brushes » is extended to polymers attached to curved surfaces. Several important systems, e.g., layers of polymeric surfactants or of strongly segregated diblock copolymers, can be well described as brushes. By expanding in powers of the curvature the free energy of a brush on a curved surface, the mean and Gaussian bending moduli may be obtained analytically. Results for K and K of monodisperse brushes are consistent with scaling arguments, which imply K, K ∼ N3 σ 5 for melt conditions and ∼ N3 σ 7/3 for moderate-density brushes with solvent. The important case of a brush composed of a mixture of long- and short-chain molecules is also treated analytically. The...
Abstract. We predict the elastic properties of mixed amphiphilic monolayers in the swollen state wit...
Abstract. This paper investigates finite-stretching corrections to the classical Milner-Witten-Cates...
We predict the elastic properties of mixed amphiphilic monolayers in the swollen state within the bl...
The effect of branching on the Helfrich mean kC and Gaussian kG bending moduli of polymer brushes co...
We revise the classical Daoud-Cotton (DC) model to describe conformations of polymer and polyelectro...
Inwardly curved polymer brushes are present in cylindrical and spherical micelles or in membranes tu...
In this work, we present approximate analytical predictions for the contribution to the free energy ...
rev. version, 12 pages plus 9 figures, PACS : Figure 1 modified. In introduction, discussion added o...
The curvature elasticity of a polyelectrolyte brush monolayer attached to curved surface is investig...
We present an analytical self-consistent-field (SCF) theory for a neutral polymer brush (a layer of ...
A brush-like structure emerges from the stretching of long polymer chains, densely grafted on to the...
We present a theoretical analysis targeted to describe the structural properties of brushes formed b...
We present a theoretical analysis targeted to describe the structural properties of brushes formed b...
In this work, a model based in strong-stretching theory for polymer brushes grafted to finite planar...
ABSTRACT: We examine the structure of densely grafted polymer layers grown from the surfaces of sphe...
Abstract. We predict the elastic properties of mixed amphiphilic monolayers in the swollen state wit...
Abstract. This paper investigates finite-stretching corrections to the classical Milner-Witten-Cates...
We predict the elastic properties of mixed amphiphilic monolayers in the swollen state within the bl...
The effect of branching on the Helfrich mean kC and Gaussian kG bending moduli of polymer brushes co...
We revise the classical Daoud-Cotton (DC) model to describe conformations of polymer and polyelectro...
Inwardly curved polymer brushes are present in cylindrical and spherical micelles or in membranes tu...
In this work, we present approximate analytical predictions for the contribution to the free energy ...
rev. version, 12 pages plus 9 figures, PACS : Figure 1 modified. In introduction, discussion added o...
The curvature elasticity of a polyelectrolyte brush monolayer attached to curved surface is investig...
We present an analytical self-consistent-field (SCF) theory for a neutral polymer brush (a layer of ...
A brush-like structure emerges from the stretching of long polymer chains, densely grafted on to the...
We present a theoretical analysis targeted to describe the structural properties of brushes formed b...
We present a theoretical analysis targeted to describe the structural properties of brushes formed b...
In this work, a model based in strong-stretching theory for polymer brushes grafted to finite planar...
ABSTRACT: We examine the structure of densely grafted polymer layers grown from the surfaces of sphe...
Abstract. We predict the elastic properties of mixed amphiphilic monolayers in the swollen state wit...
Abstract. This paper investigates finite-stretching corrections to the classical Milner-Witten-Cates...
We predict the elastic properties of mixed amphiphilic monolayers in the swollen state within the bl...