Effect of end-group modification on the adsorption of poly(ethylene oxide)-b-poly(butylene oxide) diblock copolymers at the solid-liquid interface

Mohammad Siddiq, Guangming Liu, Guangzhao Zhang, Abbas Khan, Peter M. Budd

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    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 languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)521-531
    Number of pages10
    JournalPolymer Bulletin
    Volume65
    Issue number5
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Sept 2010

    Keywords

    • Adsorption
    • Diblock copolymers
    • Multilayer structure
    • Quartz crystal microbalance
    • Solid-liquid interface

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