Year: 2003
Type: article
Abstract: The structural properties of polymers adsorbed onto a surface have been widely investigated using self-consistent mean-field theories. Recently, analytical mean-field theories have been applied to study polymer adsorption on curved surfaces but all in the context of the ground state dominance approximation in which the polymer chain length ( N ) is essentially infinite. Using an expression for the free energy by Semenov, we determine leading order (in 1/ N ) corrections due to the finiteness of the polymer chain length on surface tension, spontaneous curvature, and rigidity constants.
Source: Macromolecules
DOI: 10.1021/ma021787b
Authors: K. I. Skau, E. M. Blokhuis
Institution: Leiden University
Language: English
Subfield: Surfaces, Coatings and Films
Field: Materials Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2145833245