Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 7, Issue 25, Pages 14079-14088Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b03302
Keywords
maleic anhydride; plasma polymerization; cellulose nanocrystals; patterned surface; spin-coating
Funding
- Elisabeth and Barbara Grammel Foundation at the University of Freiburg
- COST Actions [FP1006, FP1205]
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Recently, it was shown that the microstructure of a maleic anhydride plasma polymer (MAPP) could be tailored ab initio by adjusting the plasma process parameters. In this work, we aim to investigate the ability of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) to induce topographical structuration. Thus, a new approach was designed based on the deposition of MAPP on CNCs model surfaces. The nanocellulosic surfaces were produced by spin-coating the CNC suspension on a silicon wafer substrate and on a hydrophobic silicon wafer substrate patterned with circular hydrophilic microsized domains (diameter of 86.9 +/- 4.9 mu m), resulting in different degrees of CNC aggregation. By depositing the MAPP over these surfaces, it was possible to observe that the surface fraction of nanostructures increased from 20% to 35%. This observation suggests that CNCs can act as nucleation points resulting in more structures, although a critical density of the CNCs is required.
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