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Friction Between Polymer Brushes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

Jeffrey B. Sokoloff
Jeffrey B. Sokoloff*
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j.sokoloff@neu.edu, Northeastern University, Physics, Forsyth Street, Boston, MA, 02115, United States, 617-373-2931, 617-373-2943
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Abstract

A type of static friction between two polymer brush coated surfaces, resulting from fluctuations from mean field theory is found, but with creep-like motion for forces below the force of static friction, which is much more rapid than the usual creep between solid surfaces in contact.

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coatinglubricantpolymer

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