Journal
LANGMUIR
Volume 35, Issue 37, Pages 12042-12052Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b02149
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- National Science Centre Research Grant Sonata [UMO 2015/17/D/ST4/00569]
- Opus Project [UMO 2015/19/B/ST5/00847]
- Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry Polish Academy of Sciences (ICSC PAS)
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Various physicochemical parameters of poly-L-lysine (PLL) solutions comprising the diffusion coefficient, the electrophoretic mobility, the density, and the intrinsic viscosity were determined for the pH range 3.0-9.2. This allowed us to calculate derivative parameters characterizing the PLL molecule such as: zeta potential, the number of electrokinetic charges, ionization degree, contour length, and cross section area. These data were exploited in theoretical calculations of PLL adsorption kinetics on solid substrates under diffusion transport. A hybrid approach was used comprising a blocking function derived from the random sequential adsorption (RSA) model. In experiments, the PLL adsorption on mica was studied using the streaming potential measurements and interpreted in terms of a general electrokinetic model. This confirmed a side on adsorption mechanism of the macroion molecules at the examined pH range. Additionally, using this method, the stability of PLL monolayers was determined performing in situ desorption kinetic experiments. In this way, the equilibrium adsorption constant and the energy minimum depth were determined. It was confirmed that the monolayer stability decreases with pH following the decrease in the number of electrokinetic charges per molecule. This confirmed the electrostatic interaction driven adsorption mechanism of PLL. It is also predicted that at pH 5.7-7.4 the monolayers were stable under diffusion-controlled desorption over the time exceeding 100 h. In addition to their significance for basic science, the results obtained in this work can be exploited for developing procedures for preparing stable PLL monolayers of well controlled coverage and electrokinetic properties.
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