Surface segregation in polymer blends due to stiffness disparity.

Autor: Yethiraj, Arun, Kumar, Sanat, Hariharan, Arvind, Schweizer, Kenneth S.
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Zdroj: Journal of Chemical Physics; 3/15/1994, Vol. 100 Issue 6, p4691, 4p
Abstrakt: The entropy-driven surface segregation of polymer blends is investigated via computer simulations and integral equation theory. The model system is composed of a binary blend at a hard wall where one of the components of the blend is stiffer than the other. It is found that, at meltlike densities relevant to experiments, both simulations and microscopic theory predict the segments of the stiffer chains segregate to the surface. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index