Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol.117, No.14, 6789-6793, 2002
Universal shape ratios for polymers grafted at a flat surface
We consider dilute nonadsorbed polymers grafted at an impenetrable surface and compute by Monte Carlo simulations several quantities which characterize the polymer shape: the asphericity and the ratios of the eigenvalues of the radius-of-gyration tensor. The results are only slightly different from those obtained for a single polymer in free space, showing that the surface has little influence on the polymer shape.