TY - JOUR
T1 - Semiflexible polymers near interfaces
AU - Morse, David C.
AU - Fredrickson, Glenn H.
PY - 1994
Y1 - 1994
N2 - We present a theory of semiflexible polymers in inhomogeneous environments, which we use to analyze a symmetric interface between two immiscible, semiflexible polymers. Our theory reduces in the limit of small chain rigidity to the existing self-consistent-field theory of flexible polymers, but yields qualitatively different behavior in the limit of large rigidity, where we predict strong orientational order, weak interpenetration, and a universal behavior of the orientational profile and interfacial tension similar to that of a single component near an impenetrable wall.
AB - We present a theory of semiflexible polymers in inhomogeneous environments, which we use to analyze a symmetric interface between two immiscible, semiflexible polymers. Our theory reduces in the limit of small chain rigidity to the existing self-consistent-field theory of flexible polymers, but yields qualitatively different behavior in the limit of large rigidity, where we predict strong orientational order, weak interpenetration, and a universal behavior of the orientational profile and interfacial tension similar to that of a single component near an impenetrable wall.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.3235
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.3235
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0000071068
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 73
SP - 3235
EP - 3238
JO - Physical review letters
JF - Physical review letters
IS - 24
ER -