MwA测量应用案例-8

文献名： Adsorption of copolymers aggregates: From kinetics to adsorbed layer structure

作者： Bogdan Zdyrkoa, Pazit Bar-Yosef Ofira, Alina M. Albb, Wayne F. Reedb, Maria M. Santorea,
a Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts, 120 Governors Drive, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
b Department of Physics, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA

摘要：We examined the adsorption, on hydrophobic and hydrophilic surfaces, of 4 rake-type poly(dimethyl siloxane) (PDMS) copolymers varying the amount of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) graft arms from 41 to 72%. The copolymers formed large aggregates in solution, complicating their adsorption kinetics and layer structures. We found the adsorption process always to be dominated by the adsorption of large aggregates, with strongly bound layers resistant to rinsing in adsorbing buffer. Adsorbed amounts were nearly independent of the substrate. However, subtleties in the adsorption kinetics suggested different layer structures for the different systems. On hydrophilic silica, aggregates adsorbed at the transport limited rate until surface saturation, and associated interfacial structures were likely retained. On the hydrophobic surface, a subset of the copolymers exhibited retarded late stage adsorption kinetics suggestive of brush formation. This work demonstrates how subtle differences in adsorption kinetics provide insight into potential interfacial layer structures.

关键词：Polymer brush adsorption; Aggregate adsorption; Micelle adsorption; Associated adsorbed layer; Mushroom layer; Adsorbed copolymers; Copolymer layers; Adsorption kinetics