Smart Polymeric Recognition of a Hexagonal Monolayer
Abstract
We investigate the adsorption of a flexible polymer at a hexagonally patterned monolayer. All conformational polymer phases are identified, which enables the construction of a hyperphase diagram, parameterized by temperature and monolayer adsorption strength. The energy scale associated with the adsorption strength is a material parameter of the hybrid system that generically accommodates the behavior of entire classes of polymers interacting with hexagonal substrates. We also discuss a bridge-building mechanism for the formation of unique layered polymer structures with potential for applications in nanoscale transport. High-quality data sets necessary for the statistical analysis of the structural phase behavior of the system were obtained in extensive generalized-ensemble Monte Carlo computer simulations.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1912.00484,
title = {Smart Polymeric Recognition of a Hexagonal Monolayer},
author = {Benjamin Liewehr and Michael Bachmann},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1912.00484},
year = {2019}
}