Interdigitation between surface-anchored polymer chains and an elastomer : consequences for adhesion promotion

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2004-06-21

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0406465v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

Scientific paper

10.1209/epl/i2004-10239-9

We study the adhesion between a cross-linked elastomer and a flat solid surface where polymer chains have been end-grafted. To understand the adhesive feature of such a system, one has to study both the origin of the grafted layer interdigitation with the network, and the end-grafted chains extraction out of the elastomer when it comes unstuck from the solid surface. We shall tackle here the first aspect for which we develop a partial interdigitation model that lets us analytically predict a critical surface grafting density $\sigma^{*} \simeq P^{{1/10}}N^{-{3/5}}$ beyond which the layer no longer interdigitates with the elastomer. We then relate this result with recent adhesion measurements.

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