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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
卷 605, 期 -, 页码 441-450出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.07.062
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Contact angle; Dewetting; Polymer adsorption; Polystyrene; Silicon wafers; Surface modification
资金
- Tandem Forest Values
- Olle Engkvists Stiftelse (Sweden)
Solid-state polymer adsorption provides a unique approach for surface modification by forming ultrathin Guiselin layers through polymer melts and solvent removal. Experimental findings show that high molecular weight PS can create stable continuous layers, imparting hydrophobicity to initially hydrophilic silicon wafers. The stability of the adsorbed layers depends on the molecular weight and polydispersity of PS.
Hypothesis: Solid-state polymer adsorption offers a distinct approach for surface modification. These ultrathin, so-called Guiselin layers can easily be obtained by placing a polymer melt in contact with an interface, followed by a removal of the non-adsorbed layer with a good solvent. While the mechanism of formation has been well established for Guiselin layers, their stability, crucial from the perspective of materials applications, is not. The stability is a trade-off in the entropic penalty between cooperative detachment of the number of segments directly adsorbed on the substrate and consecutively pinned monomers. Experiments: Experimental model systems of Guiselin layers of polystyrene (PS) on silicon wafers with native oxide layer on top were employed. The stability of the adsorbed layers was studied as a function of PS molecular weight and polydispersibility by various microscopic and spectroscopic tools as well as quasi-static contact angle measurements. Findings: Adsorbed layers from low molecular weight PS were disrupted with typical spinodal decomposition patterns whereas high molecular weight (>500 kDa) PS resulted in stable, continuous layers. Moreover, we show that Guiselin layers offer an enticing way to modify a surface, as demonstrated by adsorbed PS that imparts a hydrophobic character to initially hydrophilic silicon wafers. (c) 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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