POLYMER BRUSH IN A MIXED-SOLVENT

Authors
BRISHTEIN TM LYATSKAYA YV
Citation
Tm. Brishtein et Yv. Lyatskaya, POLYMER BRUSH IN A MIXED-SOLVENT, Colloids and surfaces. A, Physicochemical and engineering aspects, 86, 1994, pp. 77-83
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Physical
Journal title
Colloids and surfaces. A, Physicochemical and engineering aspects → ACNP
ISSN journal
09277757
Volume
86
Year of publication
1994
Pages
77 - 83
Database
ISI
SICI code
0927-7757(1994)86:<77:PBIAM>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
The properties of a polymer brush in a binary solvent are considered o n the basis of mean-field theory. The height of the brush is found to be roughly guided by a single parameter chi, which is a combination of the interaction parameters chi(A), chi(B) and chi(AB) and the solvent composition in the bulk. The peculiarities of the good solvent-precip itant mixture are considered, as well as the effect of preferential so lvation.