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SOFT MATTER
Volume 3, Issue 11, Pages 1413-1420Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/b710305k
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Polyelectrolyte multilayers can be used to design films which respond to mechanical stimuli. The behaviors of three different polyelectrolyte multilayers deposited onto silicone sheets were investigated: PAH/PSS, PDADMA/PSS and PLL/HA films [PAH: poly(allylamine); PSS: poly(styrene sulfonate); PDADMA: poly(diallyldimethylammonium); PLL: poly(L- lysine); HA: hyaluronic acid]. While (PLL/HA) and (PDADMA/PSS) multilayers remain undamaged under stretch, (PAH/PSS) films are very brittle and cracks are formed for low elongation degrees. PAH/PSS films behave more like glasses whereas (PLL/HA) and (PDADMA/PSS) multilayers behave rather as gels. (PSS/PAH) and (PSS/PDADMA) multilayers were also deposited as a capping and impermeable layer on top of a (PLL/HA)(30) multilayer acting as a compartment. Whereas (PSS/PAH) barriers exhibit large micrometric cracks under stretch, (PSS/PDADMA) barriers open through nanopore formation for a given stretching degree. When these films are brought back to the non-stretched state, the nanopores close and the barrier becomes tight again. In the case of (PSS/PAH) barriers, only a partial tightening is achieved.
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