The statistical mechanics of random copolymers

CE Soteros, SG Whittington - Journal of Physics A: Mathematical …, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
Random copolymers are polymers with two or more types of monomer where the monomer
sequence is determined by some random process. Once determined, the sequence is fixed …

Theory of polyelectrolyte adsorption on heterogeneously charged surfaces applied to soluble protein–polyelectrolyte complexes

R De Vries, F Weinbreck, CG De Kruif - The Journal of chemical …, 2003 - pubs.aip.org
Existing theoretical approaches to polymer adsorption on heterogeneous surfaces are
applied to the problems of polyelectrolyte and polyampholyte adsorption on randomly …

Adsorption of semiflexible polymers on flat, homogeneous surfaces

T Sintes, K Sumithra, E Straube - Macromolecules, 2001 - ACS Publications
We investigated the problem of adsorption of a single semiflexible polymer chain on to a
planar, homogeneous surface using off-lattice Monte Carlo simulations. Adsorption …

Self-consistent field study of copolymer adsorption at planar chemically 'rough'surfaces: an interplay between the substrate chemical pattern and copolymer sequence …

J Genzer - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2001 - Elsevier
We extend the one-dimensional self-consistent field (SCF) scheme of Scheutjens-Fleer to
three dimensions (3D) and use this three-dimensional SCF model to investigate the …

Effect of comonomer sequence distribution on the adsorption of random copolymers onto impenetrable flat surfaces

YK Jhon, JJ Semler, J Genzer, M Beevers… - …, 2009 - ACS Publications
We study the effect of comonomer sequence distributions in random copolymers (RCPs) on
RCP adsorption on flat impenetrable surfaces. RCP poly (styrene-co-4-bromostyrene)(PBr x …

Polyelectrolyte adsorption on heterogeneously charged surfaces

M Ellis, CY Kong, M Muthukumar - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2000 - pubs.aip.org
The interaction of polyelectrolytes and charged surfaces is an important phenomenon in
industrial and biological processes. Some examples of the former include enhanced oil …

Effects of Physical Heterogeneity on the Adsorption of Poly (ethylene oxide) at a Solid− Liquid Interface

YW Huang, VK Gupta - Macromolecules, 2001 - ACS Publications
Experiments on the adsorption of PEO from aqueous solutions onto planar surfaces that are
physically heterogeneous but chemically homogeneous are presented. Gold substrates that …

Influence of temperature on percolation in a simple model of flexible chains adsorption

G Kondrat - The Journal of chemical physics, 2002 - pubs.aip.org
We study random sequential adsorption of flexible chains onto a two-dimensional lattice by
computer Monte Carlo simulations. The flexibility of chains is controlled by the temperature …

Dependence of the critical adsorption point on surface and sequence disorders for self-avoiding walks interacting with a planar surface

JD Ziebarth, Y Wang, A Polotsky, M Luo - Macromolecules, 2007 - ACS Publications
The critical adsorption point (CAP) of self-avoiding walks (SAW) interacting with a planar
surface with surface disorder or sequence disorder has been studied. We present theoretical …

Adsorption and pinning of multiblock copolymers on chemically heterogeneous patterned surfaces

K Sumithra, M Brandau, E Straube - The Journal of chemical physics, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
The results of Monte Carlo simulations carried out on a system of multiblock copolymers
having two different types of monomer units adsorbed on checker board surface …