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Unusual conformation of molecular cylindrical brushes strongly adsorbed on a flat solid surface

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Conformational properties of comb-like polymers strongly adsorbed on a flat solid surface were investigated using computer simulation and scanning force microscopy. The computer simulation showed that the macromolecules with asymmetric distribution of the side chains relatively to the backbone are effectively in a collapsed state even under conditions of a good solvent. They formed peculiar helical superstructures which could be observed by scanning force microscopy of cylindrical brushes of polymethylmethacrylate on mica.

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  1. Department of Physical Chemistry, Tver State University, Tver 170002, Russia, , , , , , RU

    P.G. Khalatur, D.G. Shirvanyanz & N. Starovoitova

  2. Physics Department, Moscow State University, Moscow 117234, Russia, , , , , , RU

    A.R. Khokhlov

  3. Organische Chemie III, Universität Ulm, 89069 Ulm, Germany, , , , , , DE

    S.A. Prokhorova, S.S. Sheiko & M. Möller

  4. Theoretische Physik, Universität Ulm, 89069 Ulm, Germany, , , , , , DE

    P. Reineker

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Received 13 September 1999

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Khalatur, P., Khokhlov, A., Prokhorova, S. et al. Unusual conformation of molecular cylindrical brushes strongly adsorbed on a flat solid surface. Eur. Phys. J. E 1, 99–103 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s101890050012

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