HYDRODYNAMIC INTERACTIONS IN FLOW PAST GRAFTED POLYMERS

Authors
KUMARAN V
Citation
V. Kumaran, HYDRODYNAMIC INTERACTIONS IN FLOW PAST GRAFTED POLYMERS, Macromolecules, 26(10), 1993, pp. 2464-2469
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Polymer Sciences
Journal title
Macromolecules → ACNP
ISSN journal
00249297
Volume
26
Issue
10
Year of publication
1993
Pages
2464 - 2469
Database
ISI
SICI code
0024-9297(1993)26:10<2464:HIIFPG>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
The effect of hydrodynamic interactions in a grafted polymer brush und er shear flow is examined. It is shown that the hydrodynamic interacti ons in a strained brush cause an increase in the brush thickness due t o an asymmetry in the pair distribution of monomers. The predictions a re in qualitative agreement with some recent experiments.