Microstructures by solvent drop evaporation on polymer surfaces : dependence on molar mass
When a solvent drop evaporates from a polymer surface, it leaves behind a characteristic structure, typically a crater. We deposited toluene drops with a microsyringe onto planar polystyrene (PS) surfaces and analyzed the surface topography after drying. For low molar mass PS (Mw = 20.9-24.3 kDa) do...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1992. - 22(2006), 26 vom: 19. Dez., Seite 11395-9 |
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| Format: | Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids |
| Schlagworte: | Journal Article |
| Zusammenfassung: | When a solvent drop evaporates from a polymer surface, it leaves behind a characteristic structure, typically a crater. We deposited toluene drops with a microsyringe onto planar polystyrene (PS) surfaces and analyzed the surface topography after drying. For low molar mass PS (Mw = 20.9-24.3 kDa) dotlike protrusions with a ridge at the periphery formed on the polymer surface. With increasing molar mass the central region decreased in height. At Mw = 29.6-643 kDa a craterlike structure with a depression in the center and a ridge was observed. At even higher molar mass, irregular structures without rotational symmetry occurred. We explain the observed dependence on the molar mass with a different degree of entanglement, leading to different dissolution rates and different diffusion constants |
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| Beschreibung: | Date Completed 26.01.2007 Date Revised 22.06.2007 published: Print ErratumIn: Langmuir. 2007 Jun 5;23(12):6869 Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1520-5827 |