19 papers
Ordering mechanisms in confined diblock copolymers
Yoav Tsori, David Andelman
We present several ordering mechanisms in diblock copolymers. For temperatures above the order-disorder temperature and in the weak segregation regime, a linear response theory is…
General criterion for controllable conformational transitions of single and double stranded DNA
H. Diamant, D. Andelman
Chain-like macromolecules in solution, whether biological or synthetic, transform from a spatially extended conformation to a compact one upon change of temperature or solvent qual…
Ordered Morphologies of Confined Diblock Copolymers
Yoav Tsori, David Andelman
We investigate the ordered morphologies occurring in thin-films diblock copolymer. For temperatures above the order-disorder transition and for an arbitrary two-dimensional surface…
Kinetics of Surfactant Adsorption: The Free Energy Approach
H. Diamant, G. Ariel, D. Andelman
We review the free energy approach to the kinetics of surfactant adsorption at fluid/fluid interfaces. The formalism is applied to several systems. For non-ionic surfactant solutio…
Polyelectrolyte Titration: Theory and Experiment
I. Borukhov, D. Andelman, R. Borrega +3
Titration of methacrylic acid / ethyl-acrylate copolymers is studied experimentally and theoretically. At low salt concentrations, this polyacid exhibits a plateau in the titration…
Adsorbed and Grafted Polymers at Equilibrium
David Andelman, Roland R. Netz
This chapter deals with various aspects related to the adsorption of long chain-like macromolecules (polymers) onto solid surfaces. Physical aspects of the adsorption mechanism are…