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Scaling and mean-field theories applied to polymer brushes

Derek Marsh. Biophys J. 2004 Apr.

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Dependence of osmotic pressure, Πf, of aqueous solutions of poly(ethylene glycol)s on volume fraction, _φ_f, of free polymer. Data from Rand (2002), and from Reid and Rand (1997a,, where they are not duplicated on the website. Molecular weight of the PEG is indicated. Solid lines are linear fits to the solid symbols, with fixed slope _m_f = 2. Dotted lines are linear fits to data for PEG:20000 over the range _φ_f = 0.02–0.40, with fixed slope of _m_f = 9/4. Dashed lines represent a slope of _m_f = 1 for the data at lowest volume fraction (open symbols).

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