A comparison of chain length distributions of polymers terminally and randomly anchored to a solid/solution interface

Expressions were derived for the length distributions of polymer chains anchored to a surface by a single point. Two cases were considered. The first case was the formation of two attached chains by the attachment of a precursor (unattached) polymer at a randomly distributed position along the backbone. The second case was the attachment of precursor by end groups. These results are relevant to the properties of the stabilizing layer on latexes …