Interpenetrations in polymer brushes

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We carry out Monte Carlo simulations in both lattice and off‐lattice geometry, to study the configurational properties of a system of two polymer‐coated plates. We compare our results with numerical and analytical self‐consistent‐field theories. For the short chain‐lengths considered here, we find both compression and interpenetration of the polymer brushes as the plate separation is decreased, instead of the ‘‘classical‐limit’’ picture of compression with no interpenetration.

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