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Besford QA, Uhlmann P, Fery A. Spatially Resolving Polymer Brush Conformation: Opportunities Ahead. MACROMOL CHEM PHYS 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/macp.202200180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Quinn A. Besford
- Leibniz‐Institut für Polymerforschung e.V. Hohe Str. 6 01069 Dresden Germany
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- Leibniz‐Institut für Polymerforschung e.V. Hohe Str. 6 01069 Dresden Germany
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- Leibniz‐Institut für Polymerforschung e.V. Hohe Str. 6 01069 Dresden Germany
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Jiang T, Moghaddam SZ, Thormann E. A pH-responsive polyelectrolyte multilayer film with tunable interfacial properties. POLYMER 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2020.123367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Huang J, Zajforoushan Moghaddam S, Maroni P, Thormann E. Swelling Behavior, Interaction, and Electrostatic Properties of Chitosan/Alginate Dialdehyde Multilayer Films with Different Outermost Layer. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2020; 36:3782-3791. [PMID: 32212609 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c00330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In this study, self-cross-linked chitosan/alginate dialdehyde multilayer films, capped with either alginate dialdehyde (6 layers) or chitosan (7 layers), were fabricated using the layer-by-layer method. The disruption of the electrostatic equilibrium when exposing the fabricated layers to acidic and alkaline conditions causes swelling within the film and independently in the outermost layer, showing dependence on the ionic strength. Spectroscopic ellipsometry and quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring were employed to examine the swelling behavior. Atomic force microscopy colloidal probe measurements were conducted to assess the surface forces between the multilayer films at different pH and ionic strengths. Finally, the electrostatic properties of the multilayer films were examined at different pH and ionic strengths using zeta potential measurements. The results suggest that stimuli-responsiveness and overall swelling behavior of the polysaccharide multilayer films significantly depend on the outermost layer, an effect that should expectedly become more pronounced the thinner the film becomes.
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- Junhao Huang
- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Geneva, Sciences II, 30 Quai Ernest-Ansermet, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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Huang J, Moghaddam SZ, Thormann E. Chitosan/Alginate Dialdehyde Multilayer Films with Modulated pH‐Responsiveness and Swelling. MACROMOL CHEM PHYS 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/macp.201900499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Junhao Huang
- Department of Chemistry Technical University of Denmark 2800 Kgs. Lyngby Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry Technical University of Denmark 2800 Kgs. Lyngby Denmark
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Ehtiati K, Moghaddam SZ, Daugaard AE, Thormann E. How Dissociation of Carboxylic Acid Groups in a Weak Polyelectrolyte Brush Depend on Their Distance from the Substrate. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2020; 36:2339-2348. [PMID: 32069409 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b03537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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A weak polyelectrolyte brush is composed of a layer of polyacids or polybases grafted by one end of their chains to a substrate surface. For such brush layers immersed in an aqueous solution, the dissociation behavior of the acidic or basic groups and the structural and physical properties of the brush layer will thus be strongly dependent on the environmental conditions. For a polyacid brush layer consisting of, e.g., poly(acrylic acid), this means that the chains in the brush layer will be charged at high pH and uncharged at low pH. However, theoretical scaling laws not only foresee the structural changes occurring in response to the pH-induced dissociation behavior but also how the dissociation behavior of the brush layer depends on the ionic strength of the aqueous solution and the density of acidic groups within the brush layer. We have herein employed spectroscopic ellipsometry and a quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring (QCM-D) to experimentally evaluate the theoretically predicted dissociation and structural behavior of PAA brushes. Spectroscopic ellipsometry allows us to study the brush thickness as a function of pH and ionic strength, while QCM-D gives us an opportunity to investigate the swelling behavior of PAA brushes at various penetration depths of propagating acoustic waves. Our studies show that the dissociation degree of the carboxylic acid groups in a PAA brush increases with increasing distance from the substrate. Moreover, the ionic strength enhances carboxylic acid dissociation, such that a higher ionic strength leads to a narrower distribution and higher average dissociation degree. In conclusion, our results provide an experimental verification of the theoretically predicted gradient in the degree of dissociation of the acid groups in weak polyacid brush layers and shows that at a pH value equal to approximately the average pKa value of the brush, the state of the acid groups varies from being almost uncharged to almost fully dissociated depending on the ionic strength and vertical position in the brush.
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- Koosha Ehtiati
- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Danish Polymer Center, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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Mandal J, Arcifa A, Spencer ND. Synthesis of acrylamide-based block-copolymer brushes under flow: monitoring real-time growth and surface restructuring upon drying. Polym Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0py00219d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Block-copolymer brushes of water-soluble acrylamides have been synthesised by SI-ATRP under continuous flow and their growth monitored in situ by means of a quartz-crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM-D).
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- Joydeb Mandal
- Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology
- Department of Materials
- ETH Zurich
- CH-8093 Zurich
- Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology
- Department of Materials
- ETH Zurich
- CH-8093 Zurich
- Switzerland
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Cai H, Kou R, Liu G. Counterion-Tunable Thermosensitivity of Strong Polyelectrolyte Brushes. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:16862-16868. [PMID: 31774295 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b02982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In this work, poly(sodium styrene sulfonate) brushes have been employed as a precursor to prepare thermosensitive strong polyelectrolyte brushes (SPBs) through a counterion exchange strategy. The substitution of hydrophilic Na+ counterions by hydrophobic tetraalkylphosphonium counterions leads to a thermoresponsivity of the SPBs. The thermosensitive properties including hydration, stiffness, and surface water wettability of the SPBs can be modulated by the type of the tetraalkylphosphonium counterions. Nevertheless, the wet thickness of the SPBs with tetraalkylphosphonium counterions does not exhibit an obvious temperature dependency due to the high steric barrier in the crowded environment of SPBs generated by the large tetraalkylphosphonium counterions. The mixtures of small Na+ counterions and large tetraalkylphosphonium counterions are employed to realize the thermosensitive wet thickness without sacrificing other thermoresponsive properties of the SPBs because the mixed counterions can bring both a certain hydrophobicity and some free space to the brushes. This work opens up the opportunities available for the use of counterions to tune the thermosensitivity of SPBs.
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- Hongtao Cai
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Department of Chemical Physics , University of Science and Technology of China , No. 96, JinZhai Road , Hefei 230026 , P. R. China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Department of Chemical Physics , University of Science and Technology of China , No. 96, JinZhai Road , Hefei 230026 , P. R. China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Department of Chemical Physics , University of Science and Technology of China , No. 96, JinZhai Road , Hefei 230026 , P. R. China
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Pidhatika B, Nalam PC. Investigation of design parameters in generating antifouling and lubricating surfaces using hydrophilic polymer brushes. J Appl Polym Sci 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/app.47659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Bidhari Pidhatika
- Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology, Department of MaterialsETH Zürich Vladimir‐Prelog‐Weg 1‐5/10, 8093, Zurich Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology, Department of MaterialsETH Zürich Vladimir‐Prelog‐Weg 1‐5/10, 8093, Zurich Switzerland
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Huang J, Zajforoushan Moghaddam S, Thormann E. Structural Investigation of a Self-Cross-Linked Chitosan/Alginate Dialdehyde Multilayered Film with in Situ QCM-D and Spectroscopic Ellipsometry. ACS OMEGA 2019; 4:2019-2029. [PMID: 31459453 PMCID: PMC6648685 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.8b03145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2018] [Accepted: 01/10/2019] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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A chitosan/alginate dialdehyde multilayered film was fabricated using the layer-by-layer assembly method. Besides electrostatic interaction that promotes alternate adsorption of the oppositely charged polyelectrolytes, the Schiff base reaction between the amine groups on chitosan and the aldehyde groups on alginate dialdehyde provides a covalently cross-linked film, which after reduction by sodium cyanoborohydride is stable under both acidic and alkaline conditions. Moreover, the cross-linked film is responsive to changes in pH and addition of multivalent salts. The structural properties of the multilayered film such as thickness, refractive index, and water content were examined using simultaneous quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring and spectroscopic ellipsometry.
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- Junhao Huang
- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet 206, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet 206, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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Jiang T, Zajforoushan Moghaddam S, Thormann E. PPEGMEMA-based cationic copolymers designed for layer-by-layer assembly. RSC Adv 2019; 9:26915-26926. [PMID: 35528594 PMCID: PMC9070437 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra05464b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2019] [Accepted: 08/22/2019] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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We have synthesized three PPEGMEMA-based cationic copolymers with similar amine contents but with systematic variation in the average length of the PEG side chains. The positively charged copolymers were paired with alginate to fabricate layer-by-layer assembled multilayered films. It was demonstrated that the polymeric design, in terms of the systematic variation in the average length of the PEG units, affects the polyelectrolyte multilayer growth mechanism and can be used to tune the structural properties and the water content of the layers. In addition, by partial cross-linking of the amine groups present in the copolymer backbone, disintegration of the film induced by pH changes was prevented. Finally, it was demonstrated how the cross-linked multilayered film can exhibit cationic, zwitterionic and anionic properties depending on the pH value and how these changes are associated with swelling, layer contraction and changes in water content. PPEGMEMA-based cationic copolymers were synthesized and utilized in a layer-by-layer assembly process to prepare a multilayered film. Film properties were tuned with systematic variation in the average length of the PEG side chains.![]()
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- Tao Jiang
- Department of Chemistry
- Technical University of Denmark
- Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry
- Technical University of Denmark
- Denmark
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Dai W, Zheng C, Zhao B, Chen K, Jia P, Yang J, Zhao J. A negative correlation between water content and protein adsorption on polymer brushes. J Mater Chem B 2019; 7:2162-2168. [DOI: 10.1039/c8tb03061h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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A negative correlation between the water content inside polymer brushes and protein adsorption.
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- Wei Dai
- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Northwest University
- Xi’an
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Northwest University
- Xi’an
- China
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- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100190
- China
- The University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
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- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100190
- China
- The University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Northwest University
- Xi’an
- China
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- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100190
- China
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- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100190
- China
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Mahalik JP, Sumpter BG, Kumar R. Understanding the effects of symmetric salt on the structure of a planar dipolar polymer brush. J Chem Phys 2018; 149:163334. [PMID: 30384744 DOI: 10.1063/1.5037077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The effects of added salt on a planar dipolar polymer brush immersed in a polar solvent are studied using a field theoretic approach. The field theory developed in this work provides a unified framework for capturing effects of the inhomogeneous dielectric function, translational entropy of ions, crowding due to finite sized ions, ionic size asymmetry, and ion solvation. In this paper, we use the theory to study the effects of ion sizes, their concentration, and ion-solvation on the polymer segment density profiles of a dipolar brush immersed in a solution containing symmetric salt ions. The interplay of crowding effects, translational entropy, and ion solvation is shown to exhibit either an increase or decrease in the brush height. Translational entropy and crowding effects due to finite sizes of the ions tend to cause expansion of the brush as well as uniform distribution of the ions. By contrast, ion-solvation effects, which tend to be stronger for smaller ions, are shown to cause shrinkage of the brush and inhomogeneous distribution of the ions.
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- Jyoti P Mahalik
- Computational Sciences and Engineering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Computational Sciences and Engineering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Computational Sciences and Engineering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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Fantin M, Ramakrishna SN, Yan J, Yan W, Divandari M, Spencer ND, Matyjaszewski K, Benetti EM. The Role of Cu0 in Surface-Initiated Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization: Tuning Catalyst Dissolution for Tailoring Polymer Interfaces. Macromolecules 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b01306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- Marco Fantin
- Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, 4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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- Polymer Surfaces Group, Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology, Department of Materials, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich), Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5/10, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, 4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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- Polymer Surfaces Group, Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology, Department of Materials, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich), Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5/10, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Polymer Surfaces Group, Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology, Department of Materials, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich), Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5/10, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Polymer Surfaces Group, Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology, Department of Materials, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich), Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5/10, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, 4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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- Polymer Surfaces Group, Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology, Department of Materials, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich), Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5/10, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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Kou R, Zhang J, Chen Z, Liu G. Counterion Specificity of Polyelectrolyte Brushes: Role of Specific Ion-Pairing Interactions. Chemphyschem 2018; 19:1404-1413. [PMID: 29575481 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201701256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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We demonstrate here that the properties of poly (2-(methacryloyloxy) ethyl trimethylammonium chloride) brushes can be tuned by counterion species. When the brushes are exposed to external chloride (Cl- ) counterions, obvious dehydration and collapse are only observed at high salt concentrations. In the presence of very strongly chaotropic perchlorate (ClO4- ), the brushes strongly dehydrate and collapse at a very low salt concentration. For the strongly chaotropic thiocyanate ion (SCN- ), the changes in hydration and conformation of the brushes are similar to those observed for ClO4- but at a smaller extent at very low salt concentrations. With the addition of kosmotropic acetate (Ac- ), hydration of the brushes increases, accompanied by a swelling of the brushes in the low-salt-concentration regime. In contrast, the brushes dehydrate and collapse with increasing concentration of Ac- in the high-salt-concentration regime. The counterion specificity of the brushes demonstrated here is determined by specific ion-pairing interactions through modulating the osmotic pressure within the brushes and the hydrophobicity of the ion pairs.
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- Ran Kou
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, P. R. China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, P. R. China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, P. R. China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, P. R. China
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Mandal J, Varunprasaath RS, Yan W, Divandari M, Spencer ND, Dübner M. In situ monitoring of SI-ATRP throughout multiple reinitiations under flow by means of a quartz crystal microbalance. RSC Adv 2018; 8:20048-20055. [PMID: 30009020 PMCID: PMC6003541 DOI: 10.1039/c8ra03073a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2018] [Accepted: 05/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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An investigation of the polymerisation of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) by means of surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerisation (SI-ATRP) has been carried out in situ using a quartz crystal microbalance, with multiple reinitiations under continuous flow of the reaction mixture. The SI-ATRP kinetics of HEMA were studied continuously by means of changes in the frequency, varying conditions including temperature and solvent composition, as well as monomer and catalyst concentrations, showing the influence of key reaction parameters on SI-ATRP kinetics. Such experiments enabled the design of a polymerisation protocol that leads to a reasonably fast but well-controlled growth of poly(HEMA) brushes. Furthermore, only a minor change in growth rate was observed when the polymerisation was stopped and reinitiated multiple times (essential for block synthesis), demonstrating the living nature of the SI-ATRP reaction under such conditions. The clean switching of reaction mixtures in the flow-based QCM has been shown to be a powerful tool for real-time in situ studies of surface-initiated polymerisation reactions, and a promising approach for the precise fabrication of block-containing brush structures. The polymerisation of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) by means of surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerisation (SI-ATRP) has been studied in situ using a quartz crystal microbalance, with multiple reinitiations under continuous flow of the reaction mixture.![]()
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- Joydeb Mandal
- Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology, Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 5, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology, Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 5, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland. .,Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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- Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology, Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 5, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology, Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 5, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology, Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 5, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology, Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 5, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
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Boyaciyan D, Krause P, von Klitzing R. Making strong polyelectrolyte brushes pH-sensitive by incorporation of gold nanoparticles. SOFT MATTER 2018; 14:4029-4039. [PMID: 29670976 DOI: 10.1039/c8sm00411k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Doping polymer brushes with gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) results in composite materials with colorimetric sensor properties. The present paper addresses the effect of electrostatic particle-particle interaction and the effect of the polymer brush type on particle assembly formation within the polymer matrix. The prospect for long-term use as colorimetric sensors is tested. Therefore, two different types of brushes of pH-insensitive polymers, non-ionic poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) and cationic poly-[2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl] trimethylammonium chloride (PMETAC), are studied. After incubation of the non-ionic PNIPAM brush in an aqueous suspension of AuNPs with a pH-sensitive carboxylic acid capping, hydrogen binding led to attachment of the AuNPs, but they were easily detached at high pH due to loss of the hydrogen binding. In contrast, the anionic AuNPs adhere well to cationic PMETAC brushes even after post-treatment at low pH where the charge density of the AuNPs is strongly reduced. Therefore, the PMETAC/AuNP composites were further tested with respect to their stability against pH variations and their impact for colorimetric sensors. Although the neat PMETAC brush is not pH-sensitive, after embedding pH-sensitive AuNPs, the PMETAC/AuNP composite becomes pH-sensitive in a reversible manner. This is detectable by the reversible shift of the plasmon band and the reversible thickness change of the composites by exposing them to different pH.
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- D Boyaciyan
- Soft Matter at Interfaces, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Alarich-Weiss-Straße 10, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany.
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Liu HY, Chen WL, Ober CK, Daniel S. Biologically Complex Planar Cell Plasma Membranes Supported on Polyelectrolyte Cushions Enhance Transmembrane Protein Mobility and Retain Native Orientation. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2018; 34:1061-1072. [PMID: 29020444 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b02945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Reconstituted supported lipid bilayers (SLB) are widely used as in vitro cell-surface models because they are compatible with a variety of surface-based analytical techniques. However, one of the challenges of using SLBs as a model of the cell surface is the limited complexity in membrane composition, including the incorporation of transmembrane proteins and lipid diversity that may impact the activity of those proteins. Additionally, it is challenging to preserve the transmembrane protein native orientation, function, and mobility in SLBs. Here, we leverage the interaction between cell plasma membrane vesicles and polyelectrolyte brushes to create planar bilayers from cell plasma membrane vesicles that have budded from the cell surface. This approach promotes the direct incorporation of membrane proteins and other species into the planar bilayer without using detergent or reconstitution and preserves membrane constituents. Furthermore, the structure of the polyelectrolyte brush serves as a cushion between the planar bilayer and rigid supporting surface, limiting the interaction of the cytosolic domains of membrane proteins with this surface. Single particle tracking was used to analyze the motion of GPI-linked yellow fluorescent proteins (GPI-YFP) and neon-green fused transmembrane P2X2 receptors (P2X2-neon) and shows that this platform retains over 75% mobility of multipass transmembrane proteins in its native membrane environment. An enzyme accessibility assay confirmed that the protein orientation is preserved and results in the extracellular domain facing toward the bulk phase and the cytosolic side facing the support. Because the platform presented here retains the complexity of the cell plasma membrane and preserves protein orientation and mobility, it is a better representative mimic of native cell surfaces, which may find many applications in biological assays aimed at understanding cell membrane phenomena.
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- Han-Yuan Liu
- Robert F. Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, ‡Department of Material Science and Engineering, Cornell University , Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Robert F. Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, ‡Department of Material Science and Engineering, Cornell University , Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Robert F. Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, ‡Department of Material Science and Engineering, Cornell University , Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Robert F. Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, ‡Department of Material Science and Engineering, Cornell University , Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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Zajforoushan Moghaddam S, Zhu K, Nyström B, Thormann E. Thermo-responsive diblock and triblock cationic copolymers at the silica/aqueous interface: A QCM-D and AFM study. J Colloid Interface Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2017.06.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Lee J, Moesari E, Dandamudi CB, Beniah G, Chang B, Iqbal M, Fei Y, Zhou N, Ellison CJ, Johnston KP. Behavior of Spherical Poly(2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonate) Polyelectrolyte Brushes on Silica Nanoparticles up to Extreme Salinity with Weak Divalent Cation Binding at Ambient and High Temperature. Macromolecules 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b01243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Joohyung Lee
- The
McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- The
McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- The
McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- The
McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- The
McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Michelman Inc., 9080 Shell Rd, Cincinnati, Ohio 45040, United States
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- Intel Corporation, 9750
Goethe Rd, Sacramento, California 95827, United States
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- The
McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- The
McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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Iturri J, Moreno-Cencerrado A, Toca-Herrera JL. Polyelectrolyte brushes as supportive substrate for bacterial S-layer recrystallization: Polymer charge and chain extension factors. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2016.10.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Nilebäck L, Hedin J, Widhe M, Floderus LS, Krona A, Bysell H, Hedhammar M. Self-Assembly of Recombinant Silk as a Strategy for Chemical-Free Formation of Bioactive Coatings: A Real-Time Study. Biomacromolecules 2017; 18:846-854. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.6b01721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Linnea Nilebäck
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology, School of Biotechnology, AlbaNova University Center, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- SP Technical Research Institute of Technology, SP Chemistry, Materials and Surfaces, Drottning Kristinas väg 45, SE-114 86 Stockholm, Sweden
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- KTH Royal Institute of Technology, School of Biotechnology, AlbaNova University Center, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- KTH Royal Institute of Technology, School of Biotechnology, AlbaNova University Center, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- SP Technical Research Institute of Technology, SP Food and Bioscience, Soft Materials Science, Box 5401, SE-402 29 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- SP Technical Research Institute of Technology, SP Chemistry, Materials and Surfaces, Drottning Kristinas väg 45, SE-114 86 Stockholm, Sweden
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- KTH Royal Institute of Technology, School of Biotechnology, AlbaNova University Center, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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Liu Z, He Z, Lv J, Jin Y, Wu S, Liu G, Zhou F, Wang J. Ion-specific ice propagation behavior on polyelectrolyte brush surfaces. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra24847k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Various hydration states of PB lead to a difference of ice propagation rate up to five orders of magnitude.
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- Zhenqi Liu
- Key Laboratory of Green Printing
- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing
- PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Printing
- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing
- PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Printing
- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing
- PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Printing
- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing
- PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Printing
- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing
- PR China
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- Department of Chemical Physics
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale
- University of Science and Technology of China
- Hefei
- PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication
- Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Lanzhou
- PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Printing
- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing
- PR China
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Kesal D, Christau S, Trapp M, Krause P, von Klitzing R. The internal structure of PMETAC brush/gold nanoparticle composites: a neutron and X-ray reflectivity study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:30636-30646. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp04404f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The amount and distribution of gold nanoparticles within a polymer brush matrix can be changed by altering the electrostatic interaction between particle–particle as well as particle–brush.
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- D. Kesal
- Soft Matter at Interfaces
- Technische Universität Darmstadt
- 64287 Darmstadt
- Germany
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- Department of Chemical Engineering
- University of Michigan
- Ann Arbor
- USA
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie
- 14109 Berlin
- Germany
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- Stranski-Laboratorium für Phyisikalische Chemie
- Technische Universität Berlin
- 10623 Berlin
- Germany
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- Soft Matter at Interfaces
- Technische Universität Darmstadt
- 64287 Darmstadt
- Germany
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Hellwig J, Micciulla S, Strebe J, von Klitzing R. Separation of Storage and Loss Modulus of Polyelectrolyte Multilayers on a Nanoscale: A Dynamic AFM Study. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2016; 32:10505-10512. [PMID: 27610635 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b02764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is used to carry out rheology measurements on the nanoscale and to determine the mechanical properties of poly(l-lysine) (PLL)/hyaluronic acid (HA) multilayer films. Storage (G') and loss modulus (G″) of the films are calculated and compared with the values obtained from quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring measurements (QCM-D). A predominant elastic behavior independently of the applied frequencies (5-100 Hz) is observed for native HA/PLL films consisting of 36 double layer. If the layers are cross-linked, the value of G' increases by 2 orders of magnitude, while the loss modulus becomes negligible, making these films a purely elastic chemical gel. The values of G' and G'' extracted from QCM-D measurements on native films are much higher, due to the different frequency regime of the applied shear stress. However, the viscoelastic ratio from the two methods is the same and proves the elastic dominated response of the multilayer in both frequency regimes.
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- Johannes Hellwig
- Stranski-Laboratorium, Department of Chemistry, TU Berlin , Strasse des 17. Juni 124, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Stranski-Laboratorium, Department of Chemistry, TU Berlin , Strasse des 17. Juni 124, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Stranski-Laboratorium, Department of Chemistry, TU Berlin , Strasse des 17. Juni 124, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Stranski-Laboratorium, Department of Chemistry, TU Berlin , Strasse des 17. Juni 124, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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Moreno-Cencerrado A, Iturri J, Pum D, Sleytr UB, Toca-Herrera JL. Influencing bacterial S-layer protein recrystallization on polymer brushes through surface charge and accessible volume: A combined AFM and QCMD analysis. POLYMER 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2016.03.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Wu B, Wang X, Yang J, Hua Z, Tian K, Kou R, Zhang J, Ye S, Luo Y, Craig VSJ, Zhang G, Liu G. Reorganization of hydrogen bond network makes strong polyelectrolyte brushes pH-responsive. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2016; 2:e1600579. [PMID: 27532049 PMCID: PMC4975552 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1600579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2016] [Accepted: 07/11/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Weak polyelectrolytes have found extensive practical applications owing to their rich pH-responsive properties. In contrast, strong polyelectrolytes have long been regarded as pH-insensitive based on the well-established fact that the average degree of charging of strong polyelectrolyte chains is independent of pH. The possible applications of strong polyelectrolytes in smart materials have, thus, been severely limited. However, we demonstrate that almost all important properties of strong polyelectrolyte brushes (SPBs), such as chain conformation, hydration, stiffness, surface wettability, lubricity, adhesion, and protein adsorption are sensitive to pH. The pH response originates from the reorganization of the interchain hydrogen bond network between the grafted chains, triggered by the pH-mediated adsorption-desorption equilibrium of hydronium or hydroxide with the brushes. The reorganization process is firmly identified by advanced sum-frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy. Our findings not only provide a new understanding of the fundamental properties of SPBs but also uncover an extensive family of building blocks for constructing pH-responsive materials.
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- Bo Wu
- Department of Chemical Physics, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
- Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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- Department of Applied Mathematics, Research School of Physics and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
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- Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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Lapidot T, Sedransk Campbell KL, Heng JYY. Model for Interpreting Surface Crystallization Using Quartz Crystal Microbalance: Theory and Experiments. Anal Chem 2016; 88:4886-93. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b00713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Tomer Lapidot
- Surfaces
and Particle Engineering Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, U.K
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- Surfaces
and Particle Engineering Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, U.K
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- Surfaces
and Particle Engineering Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, U.K
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Bhandary D, Benková Z, Cordeiro MNDS, Singh JK. Molecular dynamics study of wetting behavior of grafted thermo-responsive PNIPAAm brushes. SOFT MATTER 2016; 12:3093-3102. [PMID: 26898416 DOI: 10.1039/c5sm02684a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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In this work, the effect of temperature on the contact angle of a water droplet on grafted thermo-responsive poly-(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm) polymer brushes is studied using all-atom molecular dynamics simulations in the temperature range of 270-330 K. A shift from 55° to 65° in contact angle values is observed as the temperature increases from 300 K to 310 K, which is in line with the experimental reports. The behavior of a water droplet on PNIPAAm brushes is analyzed using hydrogen bond analysis, water diffusion, radial distribution functions, the potential of mean force, excess entropy and the second virial coefficient (B2). The thermo-responsive behavior of PNIPAAm brushes, quantified using the excess entropy and B2 of PNIPAAm-water and water-water interactions, is mainly governed by polymer-water interactions. In particular, the excess entropy and B2 of PNIPAAm resulting from the PNIPAAm-water interactions are found to increase with increasing temperature. The dehydration of PNIPAAm brushes and the increase in the contact angle of water were confirmed to be entropy driven processes.
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- Debdip Bhandary
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, UP 208016, India.
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- LAQV@REQUIMTE, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Porto, 4169-007 Portugal and Polymer Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 845 41 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- LAQV@REQUIMTE, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Porto, 4169-007 Portugal
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, UP 208016, India.
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Kou R, Zhang J, Wang T, Liu G. Interactions between Polyelectrolyte Brushes and Hofmeister Ions: Chaotropes versus Kosmotropes. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2015; 31:10461-8. [PMID: 26359677 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b02698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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We have investigated the interactions between the positively charged poly[2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyltrimethylammonium chloride] (PMETAC) brushes and the Hofmeister anions and the interactions between the negatively charged poly(3-sulfopropyl methacrylate potassium) (PSPMA) brushes and the Hofmeister cations using a combination of quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation and spectroscopic ellipsometry. A V-shaped anion series is observed in terms of the ion-specific interactions between the PMETAC brushes and the Hofmeister anions. We have found that the chaotropic and kosmotropic anions interact with the PMETAC brushes in different manners. The ion-specific interactions between the PMETAC brushes and the chaotropic anions are dominated by the direct interactions between the anions and the positively charged quaternary ammonium group via ion pairing mediated by ionic hydration strength or polarizability, whereas the ion-specific interactions between the PMETAC brushes and the kosmotropic anions are dominated by the competition for water molecules between the anions and the brushes. The ion-specific interactions between the PMETAC brushes and the anions have significant influences on both the hydration and the conformation of the brushes. The cations exhibit weaker specific ion effects on the PSPMA brushes in comparison with the specific anion effects on the PMETAC brushes.
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- Ran Kou
- Department of Chemical Physics, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei, P. R. China 230026
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei, P. R. China 230026
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei, P. R. China 230026
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei, P. R. China 230026
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Li B, Yu B, Wang XL, Guo F, Zhou F. Correlation between conformation change of polyelectrolyte brushes and lubrication. CHINESE JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s10118-015-1564-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Wang T, Long Y, Liu L, Wang X, Craig VSJ, Zhang G, Liu G. Cation-specific conformational behavior of polyelectrolyte brushes: from aqueous to nonaqueous solvent. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2014; 30:12850-12859. [PMID: 25300430 DOI: 10.1021/la5033493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We have investigated changes in the cation-specific conformational behavior of poly(sodium styrenesulfonate) (PSS) brushes as the solvent changes from water to methanol using a quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM-D). A solvation to desolvation transition of the grafted chains accompanied by swelling to the collapse transition of the brushes is observed for Na(+). In the case of Cs(+), the brushes undergo solvation to desolvation to resolvation accompanied by swelling to collapse to reswelling transitions. The resolvation and reswelling transitions for Cs(+) are induced by the charge inversion of the brushes via van der Waals interactions between Cs(+) and the brushes. All of the transitions for monovalent cations become less obvious as the methanol content increases. For divalent Ca(2+) and trivalent La(3+), a solvation to desolvation to resolvation transition of the grafted chains accompanied by a swelling to collapse to reswelling transition of the brushes can be observed. The resolvation and reswelling of the brushes for the multivalent cations are induced by the charge inversion of the brushes via charge-image charge interactions. The extent of the transitions for the PSS brushes in the presence of multivalent cations is only slightly influenced by the methanol content.
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- Tao Wang
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei, PR China 230026
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Cuellar JL, Llarena I, Iturri JJ, Donath E, Moya SE. A novel approach for measuring the intrinsic nanoscale thickness of polymer brushes by means of atomic force microscopy: application of a compressible fluid model. NANOSCALE 2013; 5:11679-11685. [PMID: 24101034 DOI: 10.1039/c3nr02929h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The thickness of a poly(sulfo propyl methacrylate) (PSPM) brush is determined by Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) imaging as a function of the loading force at different ionic strengths, ranging from Milli-Q water to 1 M NaCl. Imaging is performed both with a sharp tip and a colloidal probe. The brush thickness strongly depends both on the applied load and on the ionic strength. A brush thickness of 150 nm is measured in Millipore water when applying the minimal loading force. Imaging with an 8 μm silica particle as a colloidal probe results in a thickness of 30 nm larger than that measured with the tip. Increasing the ionic strength causes the well known reduction of the thickness of the brush. The apparent thickness of the brush decreases with increasing loading forces. An empirical model analogous to that of a compressible fluid is applied to describe the dependence of the apparent thickness of the brush with loading force. The model comprises three ionic strength dependent parameters for the brush: thickness at infinite compression, energy, and cohesive force. The meaning and significance of these parameters are discussed. A particular advantage of the model is that it allows for determination of the brush thickness at zero loading force.
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- José Luis Cuellar
- Institute of Biophysics and Medical Physics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
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Peng B, Chu X, Li Y, Li D, Chen Y, Zhao J. Adsorption kinetics and stability of poly(ethylene oxide)-block-polystyrene micelles on polystyrene surface. POLYMER 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2013.08.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Moya SE, Irigoyen J. Recent advances in the use of the quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation for the study of the collapse of polyelectrolyte brushes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/polb.23311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- CIC biomaGUNE; Paseo Miramón 182 C 20009 San Sebastián Spain
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Cuellar JL, Llarena I, Moya SE, Donath E. Indentation of Highly Charged PSPM Brushes Measured by Force Spectroscopy: Application of a Compressible Fluid Model. Macromolecules 2013. [DOI: 10.1021/ma302562v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- José Luis Cuellar
- Institute of Biophysics and
Medical Physics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo Miramón 182 C, 20009 San
Sebastian, Spain
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- CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo Miramón 182 C, 20009 San
Sebastian, Spain
- Department
of Polymer Science
and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou
310027, China
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- Institute of Biophysics and
Medical Physics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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Irigoyen J, Han L, Llarena I, Mao Z, Gao C, Moya SE. Responsive Polyelectrolyte Multilayers Assembled at High Ionic Strength with an Unusual Collapse at Low Ionic Strength. Macromol Rapid Commun 2012; 33:1964-9. [DOI: 10.1002/marc.201200471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2012] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Kooij ES, Sui X, Hempenius MA, Zandvliet HJW, Vancso GJ. Probing the Thermal Collapse of Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Grafts by Quantitative in Situ Ellipsometry. J Phys Chem B 2012; 116:9261-8. [DOI: 10.1021/jp304364m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- E. Stefan Kooij
- Physics of Interfaces and Nanomaterials,
MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500AE Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Materials Science and Technology
of Polymers, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500AE Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Materials Science and Technology
of Polymers, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500AE Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Physics of Interfaces and Nanomaterials,
MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500AE Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Materials Science and Technology
of Polymers, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500AE Enschede, The Netherlands
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Moya SE, Iturri Ramos JJ, Llarena I. Templation, Water Content, and Zeta Potential of Polyelectrolyte Nanoassemblies: a Comparison Between Polyelectrolyte Multilayers and Brushes. Macromol Rapid Commun 2012; 33:1022-35. [DOI: 10.1002/marc.201100874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2011] [Revised: 02/07/2012] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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