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Positive Feedback Drives Sharp Swelling of Polymer Brushes near Saturation

Simon Schubotz, Eva Bittrich, Holger Merlitz +4

We resolve the Schröder paradox for PNiPAAm brushes, showing experimentally that swelling at 100\% relative humidity (RH) matches the liquid state. This occurs via a sharp increase…