Polymer Brushes in Cylindrical Pores: Simulation versus Scaling Theory
arXiv:cond-mat/0603474 · doi:10.1063/1.2211615
Abstract
The structure of flexible polymers endgrafted in cylindrical pores of diameter D is studied as a function of chain length N and grafting density Ï, assuming good solvent conditions. A phenomenological scaling theory, describing the variation of the linear dimensions of the chains with Ï, is developed and tested by Molecular Dynamics simulations of a bead-spring model.
35 pages, 38 figures