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JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS
Volume 48, Issue 14, Pages 1606-1615Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/polb.22021
Keywords
binary brushes; in situ spectroscopic ellipsometry; refractive index; stimuli-sensitive polymers; swelling
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- German Science Foundation (DFG) [Sta 324/28-1
- Ei 317/5-1]
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The ability of a mixed polymer brush consisting of poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide) (PNIPAAM) and poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) to modify physicochemical interfacial properties is presented. The answer of the binary brush toward changes of environmental conditions like temperature, salt concentration, and pH value was investigated by in situ spectroscopic VIS-ellipsometry as well as AFM and contact angle mesurements in the dry state and compared with the behavior of the corresponding homopolymer brushes. A coupled swelling of PNIPAAm and PAA could be found, leading to a complex pH-, salt-, and temperature-sensitive swelling behavior of these mixed brushes, also depending on the composition of the brush. The complex interaction of the two polymers resulted in new properties of the mixed system. Although the temperature sensitivity of the mixed system was decreased compared with that of the corresponding PNIPAAM brushes, the sensitivity toward pH and salt concentration was amplified compared with that of pure PAA brushes. Additionally it is shown that in spite of the decreased temperature sensitivity of the mixed brush, a temperature-dependent adsorption of human serum albumin was observed whereas an increased adsorption affinity was found that is not predictable from the adsorption affinity of the corresponding homopolymer brushes. (C) 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 48: 1606-1615, 2010
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