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Adsorption-active polydisperse brush with tunable molecular mass distribution
Anna S. Ivanova, Alexey A. Polotsky, Alexander M. Skvortsov +2
Recently a novel class of responsive uncharged polymer brushes has been proposed [Klushin et al, J. Chem. Phys. 154, 074904 (2021)] where the brush-forming chains have an affinity…
Polymer brushes with reversibly tunable grafting density
Leonid I. Klushin, Alexander M. Skvortsov, Alexey A. Polotsky +2
We propose a novel class of responsive polymer brushes, where the effective grafting density can be controlled by external stimuli. This is achieved by using end-grafted polymer ch…
Adsorption of symmetric random copolymer onto symmetric random surface: the annealed case
A. A. Polotsky
Adsorption of a symmetric (AB) random copolymer (RC) onto a symmetric (ab) random heterogeneous surface (RS) is studied in the annealed approximation by using a two-dimensional par…
Stimuli-responsive brushes with active minority components: Monte Carlo study and analytical theory
Shuanhu Qi, Leonid I. Klushin, Alexander M. Skvortsov +2
Using a combination of analytical theory, Monte Carlo simulations, and three dimensional self-consistent field calculations, we study the equilibrium properties and the switching b…
Sharp and fast: Sensors and switches based on polymer brushes with adsorption-active minority chains
Leonid I. Klushin, Alexander M. Skvortsov, Alexey A. Polotsky +2
We propose a design for polymer-based sensors and switches with sharp switching transition and fast response time. The switching mechanism involves a radical change in the conforma…
Theory of mechanical unfolding of homopolymer globule: all-or-none transition in force-clamp mode vs phase coexistence in position-clamp mode
Alexey A. Polotsky, Elizaveta E. Smolyakova, Tatiana M. Birshtein
Equilibrium mechanical unfolding of a globule formed by long flexible homopolymer chain collapsed in a poor solvent and subjected to an extensional force f (force-clamp mode) or ex…