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- Title
Cylindrical molecular brushes under poor solvent conditions: microscopic observation and scaling analysis.
- Authors
Sheiko, S. S.; Borisov, O. V.; Prokhorova, S. A.; Möller, M.
- Abstract
Axial contraction of cylindrical molecular brushes of polymethylmethacrylate was observed by static light scattering and scanning force microscopy. Single brush molecules were visualized as worm-like particles whose length was almost three times shorter than the contour length of the backbone. A somewhat larger length was measured by light scattering in a good solvent. A scaling approach has been used to analyze the driving forces for the axial contraction and the conformation of the molecular brushes.
- Subjects
POLYMETHYLMETHACRYLATE; LIGHT scattering; SCANNING force microscopy; MOLECULES; SOLVENTS
- Publication
European Physical Journal E -- Soft Matter, 2004, Vol 13, Issue 2, p125
- ISSN
1292-8941
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1140/epje/e2004-00049-8