Cation-specific conformational behavior of polyelectrolyte brushes : from aqueous to nonaqueous solvent

We have investigated changes in the cation-specific conformational behavior of poly(sodium styrenesulfonate) (PSS) brushes as the solvent changes from water to methanol using a quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM-D). A solvation to desolvation transition of the grafted chains accompani...

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Veröffentlicht in:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1992. - 30(2014), 43 vom: 04. Nov., Seite 12850-9
1. Verfasser: Wang, Tao (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Long, Yunchao, Liu, Lvdan, Wang, Xiaowen, Craig, Vincent S J, Zhang, Guangzhao, Liu, Guangming
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2014
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Schlagworte:Journal Article
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Zusammenfassung:We have investigated changes in the cation-specific conformational behavior of poly(sodium styrenesulfonate) (PSS) brushes as the solvent changes from water to methanol using a quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM-D). A solvation to desolvation transition of the grafted chains accompanied by swelling to the collapse transition of the brushes is observed for Na(+). In the case of Cs(+), the brushes undergo solvation to desolvation to resolvation accompanied by swelling to collapse to reswelling transitions. The resolvation and reswelling transitions for Cs(+) are induced by the charge inversion of the brushes via van der Waals interactions between Cs(+) and the brushes. All of the transitions for monovalent cations become less obvious as the methanol content increases. For divalent Ca(2+) and trivalent La(3+), a solvation to desolvation to resolvation transition of the grafted chains accompanied by a swelling to collapse to reswelling transition of the brushes can be observed. The resolvation and reswelling of the brushes for the multivalent cations are induced by the charge inversion of the brushes via charge-image charge interactions. The extent of the transitions for the PSS brushes in the presence of multivalent cations is only slightly influenced by the methanol content
Beschreibung:Date Completed 21.05.2015
Date Revised 04.11.2014
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:1520-5827
DOI:10.1021/la5033493