## Abstract **Summary:** Selfβconsistent field (SCF) theory is developed for a polymer brush immersed into a multiβcomponent solvent. Thermodynamics of the plane inhomogeneous brush is mainly determined by thermodynamics of the basic system, i.e., a homogeneous solution of a polymer dissolved in a
Deformation of a Polymer Brush Immersed in a Binary Solvent
β Scribed by Tatiana M. Birshtein; Anna A. Mercurieva; Ekaterina B. Zhulina
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 183 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1022-1344
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