Irreversibility and Polymer Adsorption

Details Irreversibility and Polymer Adsorption Irreversibility and Polymer Adsorption

2002-09-20

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0209496v2

Phys. Rev. Lett., v.90, 056103 (2003)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

4 pages, submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.056103

Physisorption or chemisorption from dilute polymer solutions often entails irreversible polymer-surface bonding. We present a theory of the non-equilibrium layers which result. While the density profile and loop distribution are the same as for equilibrium layers, the final layer comprises a tightly bound inner part plus an outer part whose chains make only fN surface contacts where N is chain length. The contact fractions f follow a broad distribution, P(f) ~ f^{-4/5}, in rather close agreement with strong physisorption experiments [H. M. Schneider et al, Langmuir v.12, p.994 (1996)].

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