COMPUTER-SIMULATIONS OF END-GRAFTED POLYMER-CHAINS

Polymer chains anchored with one end at a hard wall are investigated b y Monte Carlo simulations using the bond-fluctuation model. We present results for several different interesting situations: (1) grafted lay ers in the good and poorer solvent conditions, (2) grafted layers unde r the effect of shear solvent flow, (3) the formation/desorption kinet ics of the grafted layers, and (4) the behavior of a layer of binary m ixture of incompatible grafted chains.