Validity of the scaling functional approach for polymer interfaces as a variational theory

Details Validity of the scaling functional approach for polymer interfaces as a variational theory Validity of the scaling functional approach for polymer interfaces as a variational theory

2003-09-12

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0309315v1

Physical Review E, vol 68, 041802 (2003)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

8 pages, 1 figure, to be published in Phys. Rev. E

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.68.041802

We discuss the soundness of the scaling functional (SF) approach proposed by Aubouy Guiselin and Raphael (Macromolecules 29, 7261 (1996)) to describe polymeric interfaces. In particular, we demonstrate that this approach is a variational theory. We emphasis the role of SF theory as an important link between ground-state theories suitable to describe adsorbed layers, and "classical" theories for polymer brushes.

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