title: Polymer brushes under high load.
abstract: Polymer coatings are frequently used to provide repulsive forces between surfaces in solution. After 25 years of design and study, a quantitative model to explain and predict repulsion under strong compression is still lacking. Here, we combine experiments, simulations, and theory to study polymer coatings under high loads and demonstrate a validated model for the repulsive forces, proposing that this universal behavior can be predicted from the polymer solution properties.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA.
authors.forename: Suzanne M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Balko
authors.forename: Torsten
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kreer
authors.forename: Philip J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Costanzo
authors.forename: Tim E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Patten
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Johner
authors.forename: Tonya L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Kuhl
authors.forename: Carlos M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Marques
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003198:Computer Simulation; D017276:Friction; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers