Publication: Surface-Induced Liquid Crystal Transitions of Wormlike Polymers Confined in a Narrow Slit

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Title	Surface-Induced Liquid Crystal Transitions of Wormlike Polymers Confined in a Narrow Slit
Authors/Editors*	J. Z. Y. Chen, D. E. Sullivan, and X. Yuan
Where published*	Macromolecules
How published*	Journal
Year*	2007
Volume	40
Number	1187
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Abstract	On the basis of a mean-field treatment of semiflexible polymer chains, we analyze the structure of long wormlike polymers sterically confined between two parallel, structureless walls separated by a distance $W$. With the Onsager excluded-volume interaction between polymer segments, the system displays three phases, uniaxial, biaxial and condensed, depending on the polymer density and $W$. We have also determined the induced attractive force acting on the walls, mediated by the Onsager excluded-volume interaction between polymer segments.