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Interface relaxation in electrophoretic deposition of polymer chains: Effects of segmental dynamics, molecular weight, and field | | Frank W. Bentrem
; Jun Xie
; R. B. Pandey
; | | Date: |
13 Jun 2006 | | Journal: | Phys. Rev. E 65, 041606 (2002) | | Subject: | Soft Condensed Matter; Materials Science | | Abstract: | Using different segmental dynamics and relaxation, characteristics of the interface growth is examined in an electrophoretic deposition of polymer chains on a three (2+1) dimensional discrete lattice with a Monte Carlo simulation. Incorporation of faster modes such as crankshaft and reptation movements along with the relatively slow kink-jump dynamics seems crucial in relaxing the interface width. As the continuously released polymer chains are driven (via segmental movements) and deposited, the interface width $W$ grows with the number of time steps $t$, $W propto t^{eta},$ ($eta sim 0.4$--$0.8)$, which is followed by its saturation to a steady-state value $W_s$. Stopping the release of additional chains after saturation while continuing the segmental movements relaxes the saturated width to an equilibrium value ($W_s o W_r$). Scaling of the relaxed interface width $W_r$ with the driving field $E$, $W_r propto E^{-1/2}$ remains similar to that of the steady-state $W_s$ width. In contrast to monotonic increase of the steady-state width $W_s$, the relaxed interface width $W_r$ is found to decay (possibly as a stretched exponential) with the molecular weight. | | Source: | arXiv, cond-mat/0606342 | | Other source: | [GID 566849] pmid12005836 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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