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Density Profiles of Semi-Dilute Polymer Solutions Near a Hard Wall: Monte Carlo Simulation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2011

Wan Y. Shih ,
Wei-Heng Shih  and
Ilhan A. Aksay
Wan Y. Shih
Affiliation:
Dept. of Materials Science and EngineeringUniversity of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195
Wei-Heng Shih
Affiliation:
Dept. of Materials Science and EngineeringUniversity of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195
Ilhan A. Aksay
Affiliation:
Dept. of Materials Science and EngineeringUniversity of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195
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A semi-dilute polymer solution is one in which polymers overla1p. The bulk properties of semi-dilute polymer solutions have been studied extensively and much has been known. The scaling theory has been very successful. 1,2 The predictions of the scaling theory about various physical quantities as a function of polymer concentration, c, have been confirmed experimentally. 1,3

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 153: Symposium J – Interfaces Between Polymers, Metals, and Ceramics , 1989 , 169
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1989

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