Issue 45, 2015

Structural phases of adsorption for flexible polymers on nanocylinder surfaces

Abstract

By means of generalized-ensemble Monte Carlo simulations, we investigate the thermodynamic behavior of a flexible, elastic polymer model in the presence of an attractive nanocylinder. We systematically identify the structural phases that are formed by competing monomer–monomer and monomer–substrate interactions. The influence of the relative surface attraction strength on the structural phases in the hyperphase diagram, parameterized by cylinder radius and temperature, is discussed as well. In the limiting case of the infinitely large cylinder radius, our results coincide with previous outcomes of studies of polymer adsorption on planar substrates.

Graphical abstract: Structural phases of adsorption for flexible polymers on nanocylinder surfaces

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
08 Jul 2015
Accepted
05 Oct 2015
First published
08 Oct 2015

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015,17, 30702-30711

Structural phases of adsorption for flexible polymers on nanocylinder surfaces

J. Gross, T. Vogel and M. Bachmann, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015, 17, 30702 DOI: 10.1039/C5CP03952E

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