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Entropic templating

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The entropic repulsion between tethered molecular brushes at fluid interfaces templates the mixing of otherwise incompatible macromolecules.

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Figure 1: The repulsive (entropic) interactions between polymer molecules in confined environments are soft- and long-ranged.
Figure 2: Entropic-templated mixing at an interface.

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  1. Igal Szleifer is at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Chemistry and Chemistry of Life Processes Institute, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA,

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