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Two‐Regime Conformation of Grafted Polymer on Nanoparticle Determines Symmetry of Nanoparticle Self‐Assembly
One of the key design factors that regulate the properties of grafted nanoparticles (GNPs) and their self‐assembly is the conformation of the grafted polymer. On the curved surface of the GNP core, the conformation of the polymer chain is not uniform in the radial direction. The segment is a non‐Gaussian chain in the concentrated polymer brush (CPB) regime near the interface between GNP core and grafted polymer, while it is less constrained in the semidilute polymer brush (SDPB) regime near the surface of GNP. Here, the property of polymer conformation showing crossover behavior at the CPB/SDPB threshold through the coarse‐grain molecular dynamics simulation of nanoparticles with explicit grafted chains is explored. Moreover, the self‐assembly structure depends on the effective softness, which is defined as a function of the threshold of two regimes estimated from the conformation of the polymer.
Two‐Regime Conformation of Grafted Polymer on Nanoparticle Determines Symmetry of Nanoparticle Self‐Assembly
One of the key design factors that regulate the properties of grafted nanoparticles (GNPs) and their self‐assembly is the conformation of the grafted polymer. On the curved surface of the GNP core, the conformation of the polymer chain is not uniform in the radial direction. The segment is a non‐Gaussian chain in the concentrated polymer brush (CPB) regime near the interface between GNP core and grafted polymer, while it is less constrained in the semidilute polymer brush (SDPB) regime near the surface of GNP. Here, the property of polymer conformation showing crossover behavior at the CPB/SDPB threshold through the coarse‐grain molecular dynamics simulation of nanoparticles with explicit grafted chains is explored. Moreover, the self‐assembly structure depends on the effective softness, which is defined as a function of the threshold of two regimes estimated from the conformation of the polymer.
Two‐Regime Conformation of Grafted Polymer on Nanoparticle Determines Symmetry of Nanoparticle Self‐Assembly
Yu, Ji Woong (author) / Yun, Hongseok (author) / Lee, Won Bo (author) / Kim, YongJoo (author)
Advanced Science ; 11
2024-09-01
10 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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