Polymer brush lubrication: Theory and simulations

Download or read book Polymer brush lubrication: Theory and simulations written by Mike John Edwards and published by Mike John Edwards. This book was released on 2025-03-05 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of my research during the last ten years. It covers the problem of polymer brushes as natural lubricants present in synovial joints of mammals. The theory is based on the density functional theory (DFT), perturbation expansion theory (PET) and scaling theory. The simulations are based on the molecular dynamic simulations (MD). The theory presented in this book is a groundbreaking step towards our understanding of soft matter and biological systems as well as biopolymers.