Statics and dynamics of adsorbed uniform star chains

In this paper, we investigate the static and dynamic properties of uniform star chains with F=3, 6, and 9 branches of length N adsorbed on the attractive wall (xy-plane) using the bond-fluctuation model. Chain dimensions, fraction of segments adsorbed and maximum thickness of adsorbed layer are measured for systems with a different branch number of star chains over a range of temperatures. Adsorbed layers begin to form at the more adsorption transition temperature as the number of branches increases. The diffusion constants decrease with increasing number of branches. At the same time, some comparisons with linear chains are made.