Static and dynamic properties of polymer brush with topological ring structures: Molecular dynamic simulation

Wan Wu-Bing^{1, 2}, Lv Hong-Hong^{1, 2}, Merlitz Holger¹, Wu Chen-Xu^{1, 2, †,}

The radius of gyration for polymer brush versus topological constraint values rn at grafting density ρ = 0.1d⁻² and chain length N = 62. The curve shows an exponential dependence with an exponent γ = 0.77.