SCF Theory of a Polymer Brush Immersed i
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Victor M. Amoskov; Tatiana M. Birshtein; Anna A. Mercurieva
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Article
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2006
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## 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