Abstract
The adsorption of poly(ethylene oxide)-b-poly(butylene oxide) diblock copolymers at the solid-liquid interface was studied using a quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring (QCM-D). The effect of modifying the end group of the hydrophilic block was investigated by comparing the behaviour of trimethylammonium- and dimethylamino-tipped copolymers, designated as TE mBn and DEmBn, respectively. For adsorption from aqueous solution onto a gold surface, results for DE 49B22 were similar to those of the T-analogue, but for DE80B34 adsorbed amounts were substantially higher, and for DE27B25 enormously higher, than for the T-analogue. It is suggested that very high levels of adsorption are associated with the formation of a multilayer structure. © Springer-Verlag 2009.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 521-531 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Polymer Bulletin |
Volume | 65 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Sept 2010 |
Keywords
- Adsorption
- Diblock copolymers
- Multilayer structure
- Quartz crystal microbalance
- Solid-liquid interface