화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol.100, No.6, 4691-4694, 1994
Surface Segregation in Polymer Blends Due to Stiffness Disparity
The entropy-driven surface segregation of polymer blends is investigated via computer simulations and integral equation theory. The model system is composed of a binary blend at a hard wall where one of the components of the blend is stiffer than the other. It is found that, at meltlike densities relevant to experiments, both simulations and microscopic theory predict the segments of the stiffer chains segregate to the surface.