Table 3. Polymer Brush Thickness for Swollen and Collapsed States Obtained by the Fits of z-Temperature Dependences with Eq 12.
sample | Mn [g mol–1] | zswollen [nm]a | zcollapsed [nm]a |
---|---|---|---|
NIPAm-PNIPAm-SH brushes onto AuNRs | 12 500 | 4.6 | 2.0 |
45 000 | 8.3 | 4.6 | |
Bn-PNIPAm-SH brushes onto AuNRs | 10 000 | 3.2 | 1.1 |
30 000 | 8.7 | 0.4 |
The estimated errors are of the order of 10%.