Abstract
The reflectivity profiles of polymer brushes in a good solvent were measured under steady shear flow at the highest ever reported rates of shear in plane Poiseuille geometry. The results do not support predictions of a monotomic increase in brush height as a function of the shear rate. Further, the findings clearly disagree with the shear thinning effect predicted for steady flow regimes by Brownian dynamics methods.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1120-1122 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Macromolecules |
Volume | 33 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2000 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Materials Chemistry