Influence of Chain Stiffness, Grafting Density and Normal Load on the Tribological and Structural Behavior of Polymer Brushes: A Nonequilibrium-Molecular-Dynamics Study
We have performed coarse-grained molecular-dynamics simulations on both flexible and semiflexible multi-bead-spring model polymer brushes in the presence of explicit solvent particles, to explore their tribological and structural behaviors. The effect of stiffness and tethering density on equilibriu...
Main Authors: | Manjesh K. Singh, Patrick Ilg, Rosa M. Espinosa-Marzal, Nicholas D. Spencer, Martin Kröger |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2016-07-01
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Series: | Polymers |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/8/7/254 |
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