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Dense-brush packing limit (s≤a/v0​)

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A dense uniform polymer brush with ϕ≃1 must have height H≃Nv0​s by polymer-brush volume fraction. The contour bound H≤Na therefore requires s≤a/v0​. If v0​=a3, the limit is sa2≤1; beyond it the putative incompressible branch demands chains longer than their polymer contour length. This is a failure of that microscopic packing model. A Kuhn length does not alone determine v0​.

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