8th Liquid Matter Conference September 6-10, 2011 Wien, Austria ...

P4.28Fri 911:10-14:00Computer simulation study of the association behaviourof gradient copolymersJitka Kuldová, 1 Peter Kosovan, 2 Zuzana Limpouchová, 3 and Karel Procházka 31 Charles University, Hlavova 8, 128 43 Prague 2, 128 43, Prague, Czech Republic2 Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany3 Charles University, Prague, Czech RepIn this work we present the computer simulation study of micellization behavior of linear copolymersconsisting of two types of segments. These segments differ in the affinity to the used solvent,one segment type is well soluble while the other is insoluble. Copolymers chains consist of twomain parts, gradient copolymer part and homopolymer tail consisting of soluble segments. Wewere studied how the length of soluble tail influence the formation and properties of micelles. Insteadof this homopolymer part which length was changed, the gradient part was the same in allstudied systems. The gradient part was designed so that it corresponds to the copolymers withfull gradient profiles. For this study we have used dynamic Monte Carlo simulation on the simplecubic lattice with pair interaction parameters.28