Crowded, Confined, and Frustrated: Dynamics of Molecules Tethered to Nanoparticles

Praveen Agarwal; Sung A. Kim; Lynden A. Archer

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.258301

Crowded, Confined, and Frustrated: Dynamics of Molecules Tethered to Nanoparticles

Praveen Agarwal, Sung A. Kim, Lynden A. Archer

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Above a critical chemistry-dependent molecular weight, all polymer molecules entangle and, as a result, exhibit slow dynamics, enhanced viscosity, and elasticity. Herein we report on the dynamics of low molecular weight polymers tethered to nanoparticles and find that even conventionally unentangled chains manifest dynamical features similar to entangled, long-chain molecules. Our findings are shown to imply that crowding and confinement of polymers on particles produce topological constraints analogous to those in entangled systems. © 2012 American Physical Society.

Original language	English (US)
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	109
Issue number	25
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.258301
State	Published - Dec 19 2012
Externally published	Yes

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Acknowledged KAUST grant number(s): KUS-C1-018-02
Acknowledgements: This work was supported by the National Science Foundation Grant No. DMR-1006323 and by Grant No. KUS-C1-018-02, made by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Facilities available though the Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR) were used for this study.
This publication acknowledges KAUST support, but has no KAUST affiliated authors.

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