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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
Volume 301, Issue 2, Pages 376-385Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2006.05.021
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cellulose; adhesion; polyelectrolytes; cellulose surfaces; thin films
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Cellulose is deposited on silicon wafer surfaces via spin coating from a solution of cellulose in dimethylacetamide (+7% lithium chloride). The resulting cellulose layers were analyzed by ellipsometry, AFM, FTIR, ICP-MS, X-ray reflectivity, and contact angle measurements. For cellulose concentrations below 0.07 wt% the wafer surfaces are covered with a network of cellulose fibrils. For concentrations between 0.07 and 0.5 wt%, closed films with thicknesses between 1.5 and approximate to 10 nm, are obtained. These films are molecularly smooth (rms roughness < 2 nm). Higher concentrations result in thicker films with significantly rougher surfaces (rms roughness > 2 nm). The cellulose layers were used to investigate cellulose/cellulose adhesion and their modification by polyelectrolytes. To this end the sticking behavior of cellulose beads was analyzed. It is demonstrated that the sticking of the beads depends on the type, amount, and adsorption symmetry of adsorbed polyelectrolyte. Low, incomplete polyelectrolyte coverage always enhances sticking, whereas for high coverage the symmetry of the polyelectrolyte coating is very important. In this case, sticking (adhesion) is enhanced if only one surface is covered with polyelectrolyte, prior to contact. If both surfaces were fully covered with polyelectrolytes before contact, sticking (adhesion) is decreased. (c) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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