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Brownian dynamics simulation of grafted polymer brushes
Author(s) -
Neelov Igor M.,
Binder Kurt
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
macromolecular theory and simulations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.37
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1521-3919
pISSN - 1022-1344
DOI - 10.1002/mats.1995.040040108
Subject(s) - brush , brownian dynamics , polymer , monte carlo method , polymer brush , brownian motion , molecular dynamics , statistical physics , plane (geometry) , materials science , dynamics (music) , polymer chemistry , chemical physics , physics , composite material , chemistry , computational chemistry , polymerization , mathematics , geometry , statistics , quantum mechanics , acoustics
We present results of computer simulations by the method of Brownian dynamics of polymeric brushes attached to impenetrable planes. For testing both model and method we have used one polymer brush attached to a repulsive plane and compare some results with Monte Carlo results of Lai and Binder on the bond fluctuation model. We have also studied two polymeric brushes attached to two parallel planes at different distances between planes, and investigate the interplay between the interpenetration of the brushes and the configurational properties of the grafted chains.