2007
Confinement Free Energy of Surfaces Bearing End-Grafted Polymers in the Mushroom Regime and Local Measurement of the Polymer Density
Li F, Pincet F. Confinement Free Energy of Surfaces Bearing End-Grafted Polymers in the Mushroom Regime and Local Measurement of the Polymer Density. Langmuir 2007, 23: 12541-12548. PMID: 17988162, DOI: 10.1021/la7021374.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPolymer chainsMushroom regimeFree energyEnd-Grafted PolymersSurface force measurementsSingle polymer chainSurface force apparatusEnd-tethered polymer chainsInteraction free energyGrafted polymersForce apparatusPolymer densityForce profilesPolymersConfinement free energyPolymer theoryLipid bilayersIdentical surfacesMushroomlike structuresFree energy approximationForce measurementsSurfacePlanar surfaceGood precisionChain
2004
Can Small Complex Chains Be Treated as Polymers?
Gourier C, Pincet F, Le Bouar T, Zhang Y, Esnault J, Mallet J, Sinay P, Perez E. Can Small Complex Chains Be Treated as Polymers? Macromolecules 2004, 37: 8778-8784. DOI: 10.1021/ma035905m.Peer-Reviewed Original Research