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Nanostructure of a poly(acrylic acid) brush and its transition in the amphiphilic diblock copolymer monolayer on the water surface.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19583229     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The nanostructure and its transition of in a poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) brush in the water surface monolayers of poly(hydrogenated isoprene)-b-poly(acrylic acid) with different block lengths and block ratios were investigated by X-ray reflectivity as a function of surface pressure (brush density) and salt concentration in the subphase. The PAA brush showed the same behavior after salt addition as did the poly(methacrylic acid) (PMAA) brush, which was investigated previously. The brush chains expanded and then shrunk after passing the maximum with increasing added salt concentration. This behavior could be explained by the change in electric charges on the PAA brush chains as was observed on the PMAA brush. The PAA brush chains showed a critical brush density, where there was a transition between the carpet layer only and carpet + brush layer structures, as did the PMAA and poly(styrene sulfonic acid) (PSS) brushes. The critical brush density was about 0.4 chains nm(-2), which was higher than that of the PSS brush, a strong acid brush, and was close to that of the PMAA brush, a weak acid brush. However, the critical brush density of the PAA brush was independent of the hydrophilic chain length whereas that of the PMAA brush decreased with increasing PMAA chain length. In addition, the PAA brush had a thicker carpet layer than the PSS and PMAA brushes. Hence, the mechanism of PAA brush formation was predicted to be different from that of not only the PSS brush (strong acid brush) but also the PMAA brush.
Authors:
Hideki Matsuoka; Yoshiko Suetomi; Ploysai Kaewsaiha; Kozo Matsumoto
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids     Volume:  25     ISSN:  1520-5827     ISO Abbreviation:  Langmuir     Publication Date:  2009 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-06-21     Completed Date:  2010-09-22     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9882736     Medline TA:  Langmuir     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  13752-62     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Polymer Chemistry, Kyoto University, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan. matsuoka@star.polym.kyoto-u.ac.jp
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Acrylates
Nanostructures / chemistry*
Phase Transition*
Polymers / chemistry*
Polymethacrylic Acids / chemistry
Polystyrenes / chemistry
Water
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Acrylates; 0/Polymers; 0/Polymethacrylic Acids; 0/Polystyrenes; 25087-26-7/polymethacrylic acid; 28210-41-5/polystyrene sulfonic acid; 7732-18-5/Water; 79-10-7/acrylic acid

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