Cohen Stuart, M.A.; Leermakers, F.A.M. - In: Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 370 (2006) 2, pp. 251-257
The exterior of a cross-linked polymer gel resembles a polymer brush. Such gel including its brush can be swollen by a good solvent. The detachment of the solvent–vapor (L–V) interface from the brush is controlled by the adsorption of polymer segments onto this interface and is to a very...