Supporting Information Surfactant-Polymer Interactions: Molecular Architecture Matters

Let us briefly mention the various molecular species that were used above in order. The basic component in the system is the solvent, which should represent water. Water is a strongly associating liquid. To mimic clusters of water molecules we adopt an extremely simplistic model for which water molecules are seen as a cluster of five monomers. More specifically we have one central segment surrounded in four directions by a neighbouring one. As compared to monomeric solvents, it is found that the water solubility inside the hydrophobic core is, in line with experimental findings, strongly reduced in this water model. ∗To whom correspondence should be addressed