Tuning the adhesion of silica microparticles to a poly(2-vinyl pyridine) brush : an AFM force measurement study
AFM force measurements have been performed to study the influence of the pH value and salt concentration on the interactions between poly(2-vinyl pyridine) brushes and microsized silica spheres, focusing on attractive and adhesion forces. It was found that the interaction was composed of a repulsive...
| Publié dans: | Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1985. - 28(2012), 44 vom: 06. Nov., Seite 15555-65 |
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| Autres auteurs: | , , , |
| Format: | Article en ligne |
| Langue: | English |
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2012
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| Accès à la collection: | Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids |
| Sujets: | Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Polyvinyls poly(2-vinylpyridine) 25014-15-7 Silicon Dioxide 7631-86-9 |
| Résumé: | AFM force measurements have been performed to study the influence of the pH value and salt concentration on the interactions between poly(2-vinyl pyridine) brushes and microsized silica spheres, focusing on attractive and adhesion forces. It was found that the interaction was composed of a repulsive component reflecting the conformation of the brush and an additional attractive force. It can therefore be switched reversibly between purely repulsive at pH 2.5 to strong and medium adhesion by changing the pH value to pH 4 and 6, respectively. Addition of KCl showed different effects: at pH 2.5 high salt concentrations induced an attractive force; at pH 4 the interaction changed from strong attraction in the osmotic brush regime to repulsion and weaker adhesion in the salted brush regime; at pH 6 increase of the KCl concentration weakened the attractive force. These effects could partly be explained by the theory of polyelectrolyte brushes; under some conditions the mechanism of the attractive force is still unclear |
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| Description: | Date Completed 19.04.2013 Date Revised 06.11.2012 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1520-5827 |
| DOI: | 10.1021/la303131d |