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Entropically driven attraction between telechelic brushes

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We discuss the structure and the interaction of telechelic brushes. We show that the association of functionalized chain ends is capable of giving rise to attractive interactions between telechelic brush-covered surfaces, in contrast to conventional repulsion. Our predictions for the interaction free energy are in agreement with experimental data.

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  1. Department of Materials and Interfaces, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel, , , , , , IL

    A.G. Zilman & S.A. Safran

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Received 12 June 2000 and Received in final form 29 January 2001

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Zilman, A., Safran, S. Entropically driven attraction between telechelic brushes. Eur. Phys. J. E 4, 467–473 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s101890170102

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