CaCO_3颗粒模板法制备聚合物超亲水/超疏水表面

以碳酸钙(CaCO3)颗粒层为模板,运用简单的热压和酸蚀刻相结合的方法制备聚合物超亲水/超疏水表面.首先在玻璃基底上均匀铺撒一层CaCO3颗粒,以此作为模板,通过热压线性低密度聚乙烯(LLDPE)使CaCO3颗粒均匀镶嵌在聚合物表面,获得了超亲水性质;进一步经酸蚀得到了具有微米和亚微米多孔结构的表面,其水滴静态接触角(WCA)可达(152.7±0.8)°,滚动角小于3°,具备超疏水性质.表面浸润性能和耐水压冲击性能研究表明该超疏水表面具有良好的稳定性和持久性.用同样工艺微模塑/酸蚀刻其它疏水性聚合物,得到类似结果.     

以多孔CaCO3微球为模板制备聚乙烯超疏水表面

以聚苯乙烯磺酸钠（PSS）掺杂的多孔碳酸钙（CaCO3）微球层为模板,通过热压低密度聚乙烯（LDPE）并结合酸蚀刻的方法制得了具有多层粘联微球结构、而非常见蜂窝状多孔结构的LDPE稳定超疏水表面（接触角152.8±2.5°,滚动角约6°）。元素分析表明,表面粘联微球为纯LDPE而非LDPE包覆的CaCO3。将多孔CaCO3微球稀疏地撒在LDPE表面并加热熔融,发现微球会自发沉降到熔体内部,酸蚀刻后形成了类似莲蓬的表面微结构,即坑内包含小球。结合CaCO3微球生成原理和多孔结构,认为粘联微球结构和莲蓬结构均是由于LDPE熔融大分子自发沉积到多孔CaCO3微球内部,“反模”形成了LDPE微球所致。本发现为多孔CaCO3微球的应用开辟了新方向。     

亚微米锥形光纤的制备及硅烷化修饰

采用氢氟酸(HF)蚀刻方法制备亚微米结构的锥形光纤,考察了不同HF浓度和蚀刻时间对亚微米光纤几何构型的影响,用SEM表征光纤的几何形状.实验表明,当HF:H2O=1:1、蚀刻时间约为5h时,得到了亚微米锥形光纤,且其表面光滑.亚微米锥形光纤在甲基三氯硅烷混合溶液中进行硅烷化反应后,与吖啶橙相互作用,用其尖端的荧光强度的变化来表征亚微米光纤尖端活性基团的键合程度.该方法可用于检测光纤尖端键合的活性基团,也可以检测耦合的靶分子,这为纳米光纤生物传感器的研制奠定了基础.     

拉伸微模塑制备低密度聚乙烯超疏水表面

以新鲜荷叶为原始模板制备聚二甲基硅氧烷(PDMS)软模板,并用该软模板在真空下热压得低密度聚乙烯(LDPE),冷却剥离得到LDPE超疏水薄膜.场发射扫描电镜(FE-SEM)显示其表面由细长乳突(长约30 μm)构成,接触角为154°±3.5°,水滴极易滚落,而常压下热压得到的薄膜表面乳突则短而粗(长约8～10μm),接触角仅137°±2.7°,短粗的乳突高度接近模板微坑的深度,证明细长乳突是在微模塑脱模时拉伸形成的.     

超疏水低粘着铜表面制备及其防覆冰性能

用喷砂处理在铜片表面形成微米级丘陵状凹坑,再用表面氧化处理在铜片表面制备菊花花瓣状CuO纳米片.通过喷砂-表面氧化处理在铜片表面成功构建了微米-纳米复合结构,这种表面氟化后与水滴的接触角高达161°,滚动角低至1°,显示出优异的超疏水性和很低的粘着性.低温下,这种表面与水滴间的热量交换较小,水滴不易凝结,有效地提高了抗结霜性.抗结霜性良好的超疏水铜有望在热交换器或低温运行设备等领域获得应用,这种简便的超疏水铜表面的制备方法也给其它工程材料超疏水表面的工业化制备提供了一个思路.     

双级微结构上二氧化硅粒子对微注压成型PP表面润湿特性的影响

提出一种柔性复制法,采用微注射压缩(μ-ICM)成型具有微拓扑结构的仿生聚丙烯(PP)表面.通过复制模板上的双级微结构,所成型的PP材料表面上呈现具有锥形顶面的双级微结构,即微棱和高纵横比的微锥体.由于微锥体之间的间隙较大,水滴浸润其间隙的上方,这使该表面呈现中等黏附的超疏水特性.在μ-ICM过程中,涂覆在模板上的二氧化硅纳米粒子(SNPs)被转移到熔体中,并牢牢附着于微结构表层,赋予其表面亚微米或微米粗糙度,形成多层次微结构.在附着有亲水SNPs的微结构上,高表面自由能使水滴完全浸润微锥体之间的间隙,表面的水接触角为161.9°、滚动角大于90°,呈现极高黏附的超疏水特性(花瓣效应);在附着有疏水SNPs的微结构上,水滴受疏水SNPs的排斥而减弱与表面之间的黏附作用,表面的水接触角为163.5°、滚动角为3.5°,呈现极低黏附的超疏水特性(荷叶效应).     

电晕放电引发丙烯酸表面接枝LDPE薄膜的研究

本文采用接枝量测定、ATRIR和ESCA研究了电晕放电引发丙烯酸表面接枝LDPE薄膜,实验结果表明:电晕放电能有效地引发丙烯酸在LDPE薄膜表面的接枝聚合反应,随反应时间延长、反应温度提高和丙烯酸单体浓度增大,表面接枝量增大。当丙烯酸浓度为20%、聚合温度为70℃、反应15小时时,经电晕放电处理72秒后的LDPE薄膜表面接枝量高达22055μgcm2。     

软模板印刷法制备超疏水性聚苯乙烯膜

首次利用软模板印刷的方法,以微米-亚微米-纳米复合结构的PDMS为软模板,在平滑聚苯乙烯表面上成功制备了同样具有微米-亚微米-纳米复合结构的超疏水表面,该表面与水的接触角高达161.2º。软模板印刷方法可以用在其它热塑性聚合物如聚丙烯、聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯和聚碳酸酯等材料上,是一种简单有效地制备超疏水性表面的方法。     

基于热模塑法制备HDPE仿生超疏水表面

研究了热模塑法在制备超疏水高密度聚乙烯(HDPE)膜中的应用。以高岭土增强的聚二甲基硅氧烷(PDMS)为软模板,采用热模塑技术,将荷叶表面的微结构信息复制到HDPE膜表面。接触角测量结果显示,10%掺杂量的PDMS软模板复制得到的HDPE膜表面,与水的接触角高达156°,呈现超疏水性。扫描电镜照片显示,PDMS软模板具有与荷叶表面互补的"负型结构",而HDPE膜表面则具有与荷叶类似的微米—纳米复合粗糙结构。此法无需溶剂,可推广制备其它热塑性高聚物的超疏水表面。     

芴酮引发光接枝改性LDPE膜的研究

采用紫外光引发接枝表面改性的方法,以芴酮(FL)为引发剂,在低密度聚乙烯(LDPE)薄膜表面上接枝丙烯酸(AA)、甲基丙烯酸(MAA)、丙烯酸甲酯(MA)、甲基丙烯酸甲酯(MMA)、丙烯酰胺(AM)等单体,以赋予薄膜表面新的化学性质.考察了引发剂浓度、紫外光的辐照时间、辐照强度、单体种类对LDPE薄膜接枝程度的影响.结果表明,在一定范围内,增加芴酮浓度,可以提高单体的接枝率,但当芴酮浓度达到5%时,接枝率反而下降.延长辐照时间至4 min和提高紫外光的辐照强度达100 W/m2,均有利于接枝反应的进行.不同单体在LDPE膜上的接枝能力与单体的活性、单体与基材的相容性等因素有关.接枝后,LDPE与水的接触角下降程度不仅与单体在膜上的接枝量有关,还与接枝单体的亲水性能密切相关.     

Twisted Surfaces

This article proves the laundry embedding theorem. It considers surface triples (S,G,J) in S ³ where S is a 2-manifold with boundary, G is a circle-with-chords, and J is an arc. The surfaces satisfy an embedding condition called laundry which is similar to being unknotted. The theorem gives elementary necessary and sufficient conditions for two triples to be equivalent by ambient isotopy. The theorem introduces a new topological invariant called turn. The surfaces of interest can arise from the augmented ribbon model of unknotted single domain protein.     

Surfaces affect ion pairing

In water, positive ions attract negative ions. That attraction can be modulated if a hydrophobic surface is present near the two ions in water. Using computer simulations with explicit and implicit water, we study how an ion embedded on a hydrophobic surface interacts with another nearby ion in water. Using hydrophobic surfaces with different curvatures, we find that the contact interaction between a positive and negative ion is strongly affected by the curvature of an adjacent surface, either stabilizing or destabilizing the ion pair. We also find that the solvent-separated ion pair (SSIP) can be made more stable than the contacting ion pair by the presence of a surface. This may account for why bridging waters are often found in protein crystal structures. We also note that implicit solvent models do not account for SSIPs. Finally, we find that there are charge asymmetries: an embedded positive charge attracting a negative ion is different than an embedded negative charge attracting a positive ion. Such asymmetries are also not predicted by implicit solvent models. These results may be useful for improving computational models of solvation in biology and chemistry.     

Adhesives for Low-Energy Surfaces

Summary: The wetting and adhesive properties of model pressure-sensitive adhesives synthesised by miniemulsion polymerization were investigated. Wetting experiments of aqueous solutions of three different emulsifiers showed that Silwet L-77 (nonionic ethoxylated trisiloxane) was the best wetting agent. Probing adhesive properties, two different structure modifications of the polymer were investigated: a change in the polymer microstructure by the addition of a chain transfer agent and the introduction of a hydrophobic monomer into the polymer backbone. An addition of chain transfer agent was sufficient to obtain a polymer with a significantly different microstructure and, consequently, enhanced adhesion energy but reduced shear resistance. On the other hand, stearyl acrylate (SA) was employed as the hydrophobic monomer and the synthesis was carried out in miniemulsion polymerization which enables the incorporation of hydrophobic compounds without any diffusion limitations. There were almost no differences in the polymer microstructure, whereas, some differences were observed in adhesion properties.     

Graphene-Based Antimicrobial Biomedical Surfaces

Biomedical application of graphene derivatives have been intensively studied in last decade. With the exceptional structural, thermal, electrical, and mechanical properties, these materials have attracted immense attention of biomedical scientists to utilize graphene derivatives in biomedical devices to improve their performance or to achieve desired functions. Surfaces of graphene derivatives including graphite, graphene, graphene oxide and reduce graphene oxide have been demonstrated to pave an excellent platform for antimicrobial behavior, enhanced biocompatibility, tissue engineering, biosensors and drug delivery. This review focuses on the recent advancement in the research of biomedical devices with the coatings or highly structured polymer nanocomposite surfaces of graphene derivatives for antimicrobial activity and sterile surfaces comprising an entirely new class of antibacterial materials. Overall, we aim to highlight on the potential of these materials, current understanding and knowledge gap in the antimicrobial behavior and biocompatibility to be utilized of their coatings to prevent the cross infections.     

Adsorption of Dimers at Surfaces

A model for the adsorption of dimers at a surface is presented. The model is based on a generalization of the Ono-Kondo lattice theory. The densities of dimer molecules that are parallel to the surface, x parallel, and perpendicular to the surface, x perpendicular, are calculated. It is shown that symmetric dimer molecules adsorb preferentially parallel to the surface at all densities. The model also predicts that the Gibbs adsorption is negative for small interaction energies between dimers and the surface. Copyright 1999 Academic Press.     

光响应细胞粘附界面

光响应分子的响应过程可以通过简单调控光源波长、光强度以及曝光时间进行调节,近年来基于光响应分子构建的智能界面被越来越多地应用于调控细胞粘附行为。目前,用于构筑调控细胞粘附行为的光响应智能界面的功能分子主要有偶氮苯、螺吡喃以及它们的衍生物。基于这些光响应功能分子的光致异构化,光响应智能界面会发生物理化学性质转变,进而实现可控的细胞粘附和去粘附。设计光控细胞粘附界面为研究细胞粘附、迁移以及细胞诊断提供了一种新型便捷的策略。