Polymer brushes thermodynamic properties

The static and dynamic properties of polymer-layered silicate nanocomposites are discussed, in the context of polymers in confined spaces and polymer brushes. A wide range of experimental techniques as applied to these systems are reviewed, and the salient results from these are compared with a mean field thermodynamic model and non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations. 

Abstract Properties of monolayers of polymers tethered to the water surface are reviewed with emphasis on nonglassy hydrophobic polymers with polar head groups. These monolayers offer a convenient method to investigate polymer melt brushes . They are especially suited to probe the statistical thermodynamics of the polymer coils which are stretched away from the interface upon increasing tethering densities. They... 

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