Fabrication of Fully Positively Charged Layer-by-Layer Polyelectrolyte Nanofilms with pH-Dependent Swelling Properties

Nanofilms fabricated by layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly from polyelectrolytes (PEs) are important materials for various applications. However, PE films cannot retain the charges along the polymer chains during fabrication, resulting in a low charge density. In this study, the preparation of LbL nanofi...

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Veröffentlicht in:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1992. - (2024) vom: 17. Juli
1. Verfasser: Zhang, Zhuying (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Zeng, Jinfeng, Matsusaki, Michiya
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2024
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Schlagworte:Journal Article fully charged film high absorption huge thickness change layer-by-layer nanofilm pH responsiveness
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Zusammenfassung:Nanofilms fabricated by layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly from polyelectrolytes (PEs) are important materials for various applications. However, PE films cannot retain the charges along the polymer chains during fabrication, resulting in a low charge density. In this study, the preparation of LbL nanofilms with preserved positive charges via a controllable and efficient approach was achieved. To fabricate fully positively charged (FPC) LbL nanofilms, a polycation, poly-l-lysine, was partially grafted with azide and alkyne groups. Through copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition and the LbL procedure, nanofilms were fabricated with all of the individual layers covalently bonded, improving the pH stability of the nanofilms. Because the resulting nanofilms had a high charge density with positive charges both inside and on the surface, they showed unique pH-dependent swelling properties and adsorption of negatively charged molecules compared with those of traditional polyelectrolyte LbL nanofilms. This kind of FPC nanofilm has great potential for use in sensors, diagnostics, and filter nanomaterials in the biomedical and environmental fields
Beschreibung:Date Revised 17.07.2024
published: Print-Electronic
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ISSN:1520-5827
DOI:10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c01327