Surface Segregation of Cyclic Chains in Binary Melts of Thin Polymer Films: The Influence of Constituent Concentration

We carry out extensive molecular dynamics simulations of thin films of bead-spring models of binary mixtures composed of cyclic and linear polymer chains. We study the equilibrium behavior of the polymer chains for two very different chain lengths, which resemble short (10-mers) and long (100-mers)...

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Main Authors: Francis M. Gaitho, Mesfin Tsige, Genene T. Mola, Giuseppe Pellicane
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-03-01
Series:Polymers
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/10/3/324