Influence of Chain Stiffness, Grafting Density and Normal Load on the Tribological and Structural Behavior of Polymer Brushes: A Nonequilibrium-Molecular-Dynamics Study

Influence of Chain Stiffness, Grafting Density and Normal Load on the Tribological and Structural Behavior of Polymer Brushes: A Nonequilibrium-Molecular-Dynamics Study

We have performed coarse-grained molecular-dynamics simulations on both flexible and semiflexible multi-bead-spring model polymer brushes in the presence of explicit solvent particles, to explore their tribological and structural behaviors. The effect of stiffness and tethering density on equilibriu...

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Main Authors: Manjesh K. Singh, Patrick Ilg, Rosa M. Espinosa-Marzal, Nicholas D. Spencer, Martin Kröger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-07-01
Series:Polymers
Subjects:
boundary lubrication
shear
coefficient of friction
solvent quality
semiflexible polymers
planar brush
bending stiffness
FENE-chain model
polymer brushes
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/8/7/254

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