%0 Journal Article
%T Polymer Brushes under High Load
%A Suzanne M. Balko
%A Torsten Kreer
%A Philip J. Costanzo
%A Tim E. Patten
%A Albert Johner
%A Tonya L. Kuhl
%A Carlos M. Marques
%J PLOS ONE
%D 2013
%I Public Library of Science (PLoS)
%R 10.1371/journal.pone.0058392
%X Polymer coatings are frequently used to provide repulsive forces between surfaces in solution. After 25 years of design and study, a quantitative model to explain and predict repulsion under strong compression is still lacking. Here, we combine experiments, simulations, and theory to study polymer coatings under high loads and demonstrate a validated model for the repulsive forces, proposing that this universal behavior can be predicted from the polymer solution properties.
%U http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0058392