title: Mean chain length of adsorbed supramolecular polymers.
abstract: We present a theoretical study of reversible supramolecular polymers near an adsorbing surface. Mean chain lengths for free and adsorbed supramolecular polymers were calculated for a broad range of concentrations. As far as we know, this is the first report that describes a regime where the mean chain length decreases with increasing monomer concentration. It is shown that this anomalous behavior is caused by a change of the structure of the adsorbed layer.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Physical Chemistry and Colloid Science, Dreijenplein 6, NL-6703 HB Wageningen, The Netherlands. henk.zweistra@wur.nl
authors.forename: Henk J A
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Zweistra
authors.forename: N A M
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Besseling
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry*; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D012997:Solvents / Q000737:chemistry; D013499:Surface Properties; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D011108:Polymers; D012997:Solvents