Proceedings of the Polymer Society of Korea Conference (한국고분자학회:학술대회논문집)

The Polymer Society of Korea (한국고분자학회)
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Properties of Cylindrical Brush Polymers

  • Zhang Bin (Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Mainz) ;
  • Fischerl Karl (Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Mainz) ;
  • Grohn Franziska (Max-Planck-Institute for Polymer Research) ;
  • Pedersen J S. (Department of Chemistry and iNANO Interdisciplinary Nanosience Center, University of Aarhus) ;
  • Schmidt Manfred (Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Mainz)
  • Published : 2006.10.13
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Abstract

Flexible polymers with densely grafted side chains adopt the shape of cylindrical brushes, because the steric repulsion of the side chains overcomes the entropic restoring force of the main chain. Combined light-and neutron scattering measurements elucidate the extend of main chain and side chain stretching as function of side chain length. The application of cylindrical brushes as molecular actuators in response to external stimuli which is discussed.

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