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Membrane rigidity induced by grafted polymer brush.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Lei, Zhen Yang, Shuang Chen, Er-Qiang |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Abstract | The contribution of neutral polymer brush to the curvature elasticity of the grafting surface is investigated theoretically. Using self-consistent field theory, we accurately evaluate the dependence of bending modulus on parameters including chain length, Flory-Huggins parameter and grafting density and reveal the importance of solvent. The results show that the brush-induced bending modulus follows a complex dependence on grafting density and Flory-Huggins parameter, while it obeys a simple power law with chain length as N(3). The method is further applied to calculate the polymer brush's contribution to the elastic properties of PEG-grafted lipid monolayers. |
| Starting Page | 3306 |
| Ending Page | 3313 |
| Page Count | 8 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.chem.pku.edu.cn/page/cheneq/articles/leizhen.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/getauthorversionpdf/C4SM02271H |
| PubMed reference number | 25575082v1 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1039/c4sm02271h |
| DOI | 10.1039/c4sm02271h |
| Journal | Soft matter |
| Volume Number | 11 |
| Issue Number | 7 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Basal Ganglia Diseases Bending - Changing basic body position Binge eating disorder Decompression Sickness Dietary Nickel Electron Microscopy Heparin Derivative SST0001 Large Lipid A Lipids Muscle Rigidity Natural Science Disciplines Polyethylene Glycols Polymers Population Parameter Tissue membrane Transplanted tissue free energy funding grant |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
