Systematic comparison between computer simulation results and those predicted by Scheutjens-Fleer (SF) self-consistent-field theory is presented for the adsorption of diblock copolymers from a non-selective solvent on...Systematic comparison between computer simulation results and those predicted by Scheutjens-Fleer (SF) self-consistent-field theory is presented for the adsorption of diblock copolymers from a non-selective solvent on attractive surface. It is shown that although SF is a mean-field theory, it can qualitatively describe the adsorption phenomena of diblock copolymers. However, systematic discrepancy between the theory and simulation still exists. The approximations inherited in the mean-field theory such as random mixing inside a layer and the allowance of direct back folding may be responsible to those deviations.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No. 20025618)the Doctoral Research Foundation by Ministry of Education of China (No.1999025103) and the Dawn Project of Education Committee of Shanghai.
文摘Systematic comparison between computer simulation results and those predicted by Scheutjens-Fleer (SF) self-consistent-field theory is presented for the adsorption of diblock copolymers from a non-selective solvent on attractive surface. It is shown that although SF is a mean-field theory, it can qualitatively describe the adsorption phenomena of diblock copolymers. However, systematic discrepancy between the theory and simulation still exists. The approximations inherited in the mean-field theory such as random mixing inside a layer and the allowance of direct back folding may be responsible to those deviations.
