Interfacial properties of hydrosoluble polymers. Final report, June 15, 1993--June 15, 1996
During this period, the authors treated a myriad of problems associated with the interfacial properties of macromolecules. Many of them concerned indirect interactions between surfaces engendered by intervening species. The issues ranged from colloidal forces to membrane induced coupling between embedded macromolecules (membrane-bound proteins). This report presents summaries of the following papers published as a result of this study: membrane interactions with polymers and colloids; escape transitions and force laws for compressed polymer mushrooms; interaction between finite-sized particles and end grafted polymers; one long chain among shorter chains--the Flory approach revisited; conformation of star polymers in high molecular weight solvents; membrane-induced interactions between inclusions; filled polymer brushes--a hydrodynamic analogy; polymer adsorption at liquid/air interfaces under lateral pressure; flow induced instability of the interface between a fluid and a gel at low Reynolds number; and fluctuation-induced forces in stacked fluid membranes.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG03-87ER45288
- OSTI ID:
- 319655
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ER/45288-T4; ON: DE99001924; TRN: AHC29909%%36
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: [1996]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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