Okrugin, BM, Richter, RP orcid.org/0000-0003-3071-2837, Leermakers, FAM et al. (3 more authors) (2018) Structure and properties of polydisperse polyelectrolyte brushes studied by self-consistent field theory. Soft Matter, 14 (30). pp. 6230-6242. ISSN 1744-683X
Abstract
Two complementary self-consistent field theoretical approaches are used to analyze the equilibrium structure of binary and ternary brushes of polyions with different degrees of polymerization. Stratification in binary brushes is predicted: the shorter chains are entirely embedded in the proximal sublayer depleted of end-points of longer chains while the peripheral sublayer contains exclusively terminal segments of longer chains. The boundary between sublayers is enriched with counterions that neutralize the residual charge of the proximal sublayer. These analytical predictions for binary brushes are confirmed and extended to ternary brushes using the numerical Scheutjens-Fleer approach.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2018. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Soft Matter. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Biological Sciences (Leeds) > School of Biomedical Sciences (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 14 Aug 2018 13:24 |
Last Modified: | 20 Jul 2019 00:43 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) |
Identification Number: | 10.1039/c8sm01138a |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:134499 |