Figure 2.

Log–log plot of the average fraction θ of occupied surface lattice sites, as a function of surface binding parameter γ for systems with ϕ_pol^° = 0.025. Numerical SCFT results (shaded points connected by dotted fit lines) are shown for the terminal linker (a), central linker (b), and uniform linker (c) architectures. In parts a and b, N_l = 1 (circles), 5 (squares), 20 (triangles), and 100 (open circles); in part c, N_l = 2 (circles), 5 (squares), 21 (triangles), and 100 (open circles). Profiles of monomeric linkers, with reservoir concentrations of N_lϕ_pol/N_t, are computed analytically via the mathematical result from Appendix B. In order of ascending N_l in each image, monomer profiles are plotted as short-dashed, medium-dashed, long-dashed, and solid lines.