ArticlePolymers2020
Electroresponsive Polyelectrolyte Brushes Studied by Self-Consistent Field Theory.
Article in Polymers, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- Responsive Polyelectrolyte Brushes in Applications: Functions, Stimuli, and Design Considerations.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2025Review
- Molecular Design Strategies to Enhance the Electroresponse of Polyelectrolyte Brushes: Effects of Charge Fraction and Chain Length Dispersity.Macromolecules · 2025Article
- Dipolar Brush Polymers: A Numerical Study of the Force Exerted onto a Penetrating Colloidal Particle Under an External Field.Polymers · 2025Article
- Electroresponse of weak polyelectrolyte brushes.The European physical journal. E, Soft matter · 2023Article
- Theoretical Modeling of Chemical Equilibrium in Weak Polyelectrolyte Layers on Curved Nanosystems.Polymers · 2020Review
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Abstract
End-grafting of polyelectrolyte chains to conducting substrates offers an opportunity to fabricate electro-responsive surfaces capable of changing their physical/chemical properties (adhesion, wettability) in response to applied electrical voltage. We use a self-consistent field numerical approach to compare the equilibrium properties of tethered strong and weak (pH-sensitive) polyelectrolytes to applied electrical field in both salt-free and salt-containing solutions. We demonstrate that both strong and weak polyelectrolyte brushes exhibit segregation of polyions in two populations if the surface is oppositely charged with respect to the brush. This segregation gives rise to complex patterns in the dependence of the brush thickness on salt concentration. We demonstrate that adjustable ionization of weak polyelectrolytes weakens their conformational response in terms of the dependence of brush thickness on the amplitude of the applied voltage.
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