Issue 23, 2020

Mechanical response of a surface of increasing hardness covered with a nonuniform polymer brush: a numerical simulation model

Abstract

The compression force with indentation on a polymer brush with chains of unequal lengths is predicted with numerical simulations, as a function of increasing hardness of the grafting surface, finding that properties of the brush are distinguished from those of the surface and that its hardness propagates through the brush.

Graphical abstract: Mechanical response of a surface of increasing hardness covered with a nonuniform polymer brush: a numerical simulation model

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
12 Feb 2020
Accepted
25 Mär 2020
First published
01 Apr 2020
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

RSC Adv., 2020,10, 13405-13409

Mechanical response of a surface of increasing hardness covered with a nonuniform polymer brush: a numerical simulation model

J. S. Hernández-Fragoso, S. J. Alas and A. Gama Goicochea, RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 13405 DOI: 10.1039/D0RA01385D

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