Table 2 Conformation characteristics of individual polymers in canopies and bulk polymer melts.

From: Structure and Dynamics of Polymeric Canopies in Nanoscale Ionic Materials: An Electrical Double Layer Perspective

 

Polymers in the neat canopy

Wall-associated polymers in the doped canopy

Detached polymers in the doped canopy

Bulk polymer melts

Radius of gyration (nm)

1.75 ± 0.00

1.11 ± 0.02

1.01 ± 0.01

1.00 ± 0.02

End-to-end distance (nm)

5.31 ± 0.02

2.99 ± 0.07

2.50 ± 0.06

2.47 ± 0.09