The behavior, conformational changes, and mechanical responses of bottle-brush polymers are investigated as interactions with flat surfaces are taken into account. By employing extensive Monte Carlo simulations, this work covers the transitions between different adsorption regimes and the structural response of these complex macromolecules under external mechanical forces.

• Mechanical Response and Desorption Kinetics: Simulating the process of pulling a single adsorbed bottle-brush polymer off a flat surface to map the force-extension curves and understand how the branched architecture influences desorption.

"Pulling Single Adsorbed Bottle-brush Polymers off a Flat Surface: A Monte Carlo Simulation", Macromolecules 47, 427 (2014).

• Conformational Changes Subject to Interfacial Interactions: Investigating how the strength of the surface potential alters the shape, monomer distribution, and anchoring characteristics of bottle-brush architectures.

"Structure of Bottle Brush Polymers on Surfaces: Weak versus Strong Adsorption", J. Phys. Chem. B 115, 14116 (2011)