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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
22
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-1-6
pubmed:abstractText
Elastic behaviors of single polymer chains adsorbed on the attractive surface are first investigated using Monte Carlo simulation method based on the bond fluctuation model. We investigate the chain size and shape of adsorbed chains, such as mean-square radius of gyration S2, mean-square bond length b2, shape factors sf(i) and delta*, and the orientation of chain segments P2<cos theta>, to illuminate how the shape of polymer chains changes during the process of tensile elongation. There are some special behaviors of the chain size and shape at the beginning of elongation, especially for strong attraction interaction. For example, mean fraction of adsorbed segments decreases abruptly in the region of small elongation ratio and then decreases slowly with increasing elongation ratio. In fact, the chain size and shape also changes abruptly for small elongation ratio with strong attraction interaction. Some thermodynamics properties are also investigated here. Average Helmholtz free energy increases fast for elongation ratio lambda<1.15, especially with strong attraction, and increases slowly for lambda>1.15. Similar behaviors are obtained for average energy per bond. Elastic force (f ) and energy contribution to force (f(U)) are also studied, and we find that elastic force decreases abruptly for lambda<1.15, and there is a minimum of elastic force for strong attraction interaction, then increases very slowly with increasing elongation ratio. However, there are different behaviors for weak attraction interaction. For energy contribution to force (f(U)), there is a maximum value for strong attraction interaction in the region of lambda<1.15. Some comparisons with the atomic force microscopy experiments are also made. These investigations may provide some insights into the elastic behaviors of adsorbed polymer chains.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0021-9606
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
(c) 2004 American Institute of Physics.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
8
pubmed:volume
121
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
11481-8
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Elastic behavior of adsorbed polymer chains.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physics, Wenzhou Normal College, Wenzhou 325027, People's Republic of China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article