Modeling copolymer adsorption on laterally heterogeneous surfaces

Abstract

We develop a self-consistent-field model for copolymer adsorption onto laterally heterogeneous surfaces. Using this model, we can predict how varying the adsorbate-surface interaction energies and the chain architecture affects the properties of polymer films on nonhomogeneous, solid interfaces. These predictions are useful in designing interfacial materials that contain ordered domains of distinct polymers and, thus, can exhibit unique electrical and optical properties.