| Doping in poly(o-ethoxyaniline) nanostructured films studied with atomic force spectroscopy (AFS). | |
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PMID: 18706822 Owner: NLM Status: PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
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The study of intermolecular interactions at interfaces is essential for a number of applications, in addition to the understanding of mechanisms involved in sensing and biosensing with liquid samples. There are, however, only a few methods to probe such interfacial phenomena, one of which is the atomic force spectroscopy (AFS) where the force between an atomic force microscope tip and the sample surface is measured. In this study, we used AFS to estimate adhesion forces for a nanostructured film of poly(o-ethoxyaniline) (POEA) doped with various acids, in measurements performed in air. The adhesion force was lower for POEA doped with inorganic acids, such as HCl and H(2)SO(4), than with organic acids, because the counterions were screened by the ethoxy groups. Significantly, the morphology of POEA both in the film and in solution depends on the doping acid. Using small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) we observed that POEA dissolved in a mixture of dimethyl acetamide exhibits a more extended coil-like conformation, with smaller radius of gyration, than for POEA in water, as in the latter POEA solubility is lower. In AFS measurements in a liquid cell, the force curves for a POEA layer displayed an attractive region for pH>or=5 due to van der Waals interactions, with no contribution from a double-layer since POEA was dedoped. In contrast, for pH<or=3, POEA was doped and the repulsive double-layer force dominated. With AFS one is therefore able to correlate molecular-level interactions with doping and morphology of semiconducting polymers. |
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F L Leite; W F Alves; M Oliveira Neto; I Polikarpov; P S P Herrmann; L H C Mattoso; O N Oliveira |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2008-07-17 |
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Title: Micron (Oxford, England : 1993) Volume: 39 ISSN: 0968-4328 ISO Abbreviation: Micron Publication Date: 2008 Dec |
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Created Date: 2008-09-23 Completed Date: 2009-01-06 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9312850 Medline TA: Micron Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1119-25 Citation Subset: - |
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Alan G. MacDiarmid Institute for Innovation and Business and National Nanotechnology Laboratory for Agribuseness (LNNA), Embrapa Agricultural Instrumentation, CEP 13560-970 São Carlos, SP, Brazil. leite@cnpdia.embrapa.br |
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