Poly-Electrolyte Polymer Brushes
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چکیده
It is shown using the mean field theory of Miklavic Marcelja that it should be possible for osmotic pressure due to the counterions associated with the two polyelectrolyte polymer brush coated surfaces (in the absence of excess salt) to support a reasonable load (i.e., about 105Pa)with the brushes held sufficiently far apart to prevent entanglement of polymers belonging to the two brushes, thus avoiding large static and dry friction due to this entanglement.
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