Predicting the structure and interfacial activity of diblock brush, mixed brush, and Janus-grafted nanoparticlesElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available. See DOI: 10.1039/c4cc08659g

A modeling framework is developed to describe the structure and properties of fluid interfaces stabilized with grafted nanoparticles. The framework is demonstrated on nanoparticles functionalized with polymers of various grafting architectures; we find that the conformation of the grafted chains plays an important role in the interfacial tension. We develop a field theoretic simulation model to study the interfacial properties of grafted nanoparticles as a function of the grafting architecture.