分子沉积聚合物膜的制备及其摩擦学性能研究

以聚对磺酸钠苯乙烯(PSS)为聚阴离子、聚烯丙基氯化氨(PAH)为聚阳离子交替沉积制备了多层聚合物纳米复合膜,用热分析仪考察了这两种体相聚合物的热稳定性,采用紫外-可见光谱仪、椭圆偏振光测厚仪、接触角测量仪等分析了复合膜的性能,用DF-PM型动静摩擦系数精密测定装置考察了其摩擦学性能.结果发现,所制备的聚合物复合膜具有一定的减摩作用,原因是单晶硅表面沉积聚合物超薄膜可以降低表面的粘着力,对硅表面具有微观修饰作用,从而降低其同钢对摩时的摩擦系数;单晶硅表面分子沉积聚合物纳米复合膜的摩擦学特性同超薄膜的层数相关,沉积层数较多的超薄膜的耐磨寿命较长,并因加热处理而得到明显改善.     

Poly(oxyethylene) and ramie whiskers based nanocomposites: influence of processing: extrusion and casting/evaporation

Polymer nanocomposites were prepared from poly(oxyethylene) PEO as the matrix and high aspect ratio cellulose whiskers as the reinforcing phase. Nanocomposite films were obtained either by extrusion or by casting/evaporation process. Resulting films were characterized using microscopies, differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetry and mechanical and rheological analyses. A thermal stabilization of the modulus of the cast/evaporated nanocomposite films for temperatures higher than the PEO melting temperature was reported. This behavior was ascribed to the formation of a rigid cellulosic network within the matrix. The rheological characterization showed that nanocomposite films have the typical behavior of solid materials. For extruded films, the reinforcing effect of whiskers is dramatically reduced, suggesting the absence of a strong mechanical network or at least, the presence of a weak whiskers percolating network. Rheological, mechanical and microscopy studies were involved in order to explain this behavior.     

基板受限条件下聚合物薄膜厚度对结晶的影响研究

通过溶液铸膜方法,用匀胶机(spin-coater)在铝箔基板上制备出一系列具有不同厚度的结晶聚合物聚羟基丁酸酯(PHB)和聚ε-己内酯(PCL)超薄膜.经退火处理后,用差热扫描量热仪(DSC)测试了薄膜厚度对其结晶熔点T_m和结晶温度T_c的影响.结果表明,结晶熔点T_m随超薄膜厚度的减小逐渐减小;在减至一定的厚度时,熔点有突升,至极大值后,随膜厚继续减小熔点又会骤降.而结晶温度T_c则一直随膜厚的减小而逐渐降低.可以认为,结晶聚合物的分子在基板受限作用下,主要是熔融熵的变化导致了熔点的上述变化,而受限条件下的扩散控制结晶使结晶温度降低.     

THE ORIENTATION AND CRYSTALLIZATION OF POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE

The drawing behavior of three types of PET spherulites and PET amorphous samples have beenstudied. Two different sample preparation techniques were used in this study: (1) The films withnormal positive, normal negative or abnormal spherulites were prepared by solution casting tech-niques, then the films were deformed by uniaxial drawing. The uniaxial drawing behavior of PETspherulites appears to be dependent on the angles between the c-axis and the radius direction of thespherulites and that the deformation of spherulites becomes more difficult the larger the angles. (2)Amorphous films of PET were prepared first, then the films were deformed under uniaxial drawingto achieve c-axis orientation at a temperature near the glass transition temperature. The orientedfilms were subsequently annealed with fixed length at 215℃The films prepared in this way ex-hibit excellent c-axis orientation along the stretching direction. The degree of perfection of thecrystalline structure is much greater than that of the spherulites.     

有机小分子染料和聚阳离子分子超薄膜的制备及其摩擦学性能研究

制备了以有机小分子染料酸性红 1 8为阴离子、以聚烯丙基氯化铵和聚乙烯亚胺为聚阳离子的分子沉积膜 ,用紫外可见分光光度计、接触角测定仪和椭圆偏振光测厚仪对所制备的超薄膜进行了表征 .用DF PM型动 静摩擦系数精密测定装置考察了超薄膜的摩擦学性能 ,采用扫描电子显微镜对薄膜的磨痕表面进行了观察 .结果表明 ,所制备的超薄复合沉积膜具有良好的减摩和耐磨性能     

Mechanical properties degradation of polyimide films irradiated by atomic oxygen

Mechanical properties of polyimide films are degraded by exposure to a low earth orbit environment. The main environmental factor for that degradation is atomic oxygen (AO). Using tensile tests, AO-irradiated surface topography observations, and fracture surface analyses, this study investigated the degradation behavior of polyimide films’ mechanical properties by increased AO fluence and its accompanying degradation mechanisms. Tensile strength and elongation of polyimide films were reduced concomitantly with increased AO fluence. Furthermore, AO-irradiated polyimide films fractured from the AO-irradiated surfaces, of which roughness became marked as AO fluence increased. These results reflect that reduction of mechanical properties is attributable to the roughness increase in AO-irradiated surfaces. Polyimide films coated with indium tin oxide (ITO) were also evaluated to confirm the degradation behavior of AO protective films. Surfaces of ITO-coated polyimide films remained smooth even after AO irradiation. However, undercut cavities were formed at ITO coating defect sites. Rupture of ITO-coated polyimide films initiates from the undercut cavities, engendering large reduction of tensile strength and elongation. The degradation of the mechanical properties of ITO-coated polyimide films increased substantially until the undercut cavities fully penetrated the film.     

Cell adhesion properties of patterned poly(acrylic acid)/poly(allylamine hydrochloride) multilayer films created by room-temperature imprinting technique

Patterned poly(acrylic acid) (PAA)/poly(allylamine hydrochloride) (PAH) multilayer films with line structures of different lateral size and vertical height were fabricated by a room-temperature imprinting technique, and their cell adhesion properties were investigated. The nonimprinted PAA/PAH multilayer films are cytophilic toward NIH/3T3 fibroblasts and HeLa cells whether PAA or PAH is the outer most layer. In contrast, the PAA/PAH multilayer films with a 6.5-microm-line/3.5-microm-space pattern structure are cytophobic toward NIH/3T3 fibroblasts and HeLa cells when the height of the lines is 1.29 microm. By either increasing the lateral size of the patters to 69-microm-line/43-mum-space or decreasing the height of the imprinted lines to approximately 107 nm, imprinted PAA/PAH multilayer films become cytophilic. This kind of transition of cell adhesion behavior derives from the change of the physical pattern size of the PAA/PAH multilayer films and is independent of the chemical composition of the films. The easy patterning of layer-by-layer assembled polymeric multilayer films with the room-temperature imprinting technique provides a facile way to tailor the cellular behavior of the layered polymeric films by simply changing the pattern dimensions.     

Peculiarities of Electrochemical Bismuth Film Formation in the Presence of Bromide and Heavy Metal Ions

Bi films were deposited on glassy carbon electrode from solutions with and without KBr. The morphology of both types of the films was characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and their electrochemical behavior was studied by square wave (SWV) and cyclic voltammetry (CV). Bi films were also co‐deposited with common analyte‐heavy‐metals in the presence of KBr and these films also were characterized by SEM, SWV and CV in order to understand the formation of the mixed metal films. All films studied had a different morphology. Bromide addition made the Bi films more compact and uniform, whereas Pb catalyzed Bi film deposition.     

Crystallization Behavior and Properties of B-Doped ZnO Thin Films Prepared by Sol-Gel Method with Di erent Pyrolysis Temperatures

Boron-doped zinc oxide transparent (BZO) films were prepared by sol-gel method. The effect of pyrolysis temperature on the crystallization behavior and properties was systematically investigated. XRD patterns revealed that the BZO films had wurtzite structure with a preferential growth orientation along the c-axis. With the increase of pyrolysis temperature, the particle size and surface roughness of the BZO films increased, suggesting that pyrolysis temperature is the critical factor for determining the crystallization behavior of the BZO films. Moreover, the carrier concentration and the carrier mobility increased with increasing the pyrolysis temperature, and the mean transmittance for every film is over 90% in the visible range.     

Langmuir-Blodgett thin films of quantum dots: synthesis, surface modification, and fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) studies

We describe herein studies on as-prepared hydrophobic ZnS-CdSe quantum dots (QDs) at the air-water interface. Surface pressure-area (pi-A) isotherms have been used to study the monolayer behavior. Uniform, lamellar multilayer thin films of QDs were deposited by the Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) technique. The role of two different surfactant systems commonly employed in the synthesis of these QDs (trioctylphosphine oxide-octadecylamine (TOPO-ODA) system and trioctylphosphine oxide-tetradecylphosphonic acid (TOPO-TDPA) system) on the monolayer behavior and the quality of thin films produced has been investigated. The thin films were characterized by quartz crystal microgravimetry (QCM), contact angle measurements, fluorescence spectroscopy, and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). These QD films were further modified by an amphiphilic polymer, poly(maleic anhydride-alt-1-tetradecene) (PMA). The hydrophobic interaction between the polymers and the surfactants attached to the QDs drove the self-assembly process. The carboxylic acid functional groups in the polymer were also used to immobilize avidin. We have demonstrated a proof of concept for the biosensing strategy wherein the avidin-coated QD films attracted biotinylated gold nanoparticles, resulting in fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) quenching of the thin films.     

稀土Eu(Ⅲ)双酞菁衍生物LB膜的荧光性

合成了八－４－（四氢糠氧基）酞菁铕（Ⅲ）,通过元素分析、红外光谱、质谱和紫外－可见光谱加以确认。测定了配合物的ＩＩ－Ａ曲线,证明它有很好的成膜性,Ｚ型沉积形成的ＬＢ膜材料有很强的荧光响应,随着ＬＢ膜厚度的增加,荧光性增强。掺杂邻菲咯啉形成的混合ＬＢ膜,其荧光性比纯膜强。但不是邻菲咯啉加入的量越多荧光性越强。配合物：邻菲咯啉＝１：１０时（摩尔比）,有最好的荧光行为。用电子光谱对ＬＢ膜的结构进行了表征     

Dewetting Behavior of Random Copolymer Films Induced by Solvent Vapor Annealing

In recent years, the dewetting behavior of block copolymer films has been studied a lot, but that of random copolymer films was rarely studied. In this study, effects of film thickness and solvent vapor annealing duration (0 s–24 h) on the dewetting behavior of the spin-coated poly(styrene-co-acrylonitrile) (SAN) random copolymer films were mainly investigated by atomic force microscopy and contact angle method for the first time. The film thicknesses of the SAN films prepared at different concentrations were characterized by X-ray reflectometry to be 6–34 nm. With the annealing of acetone vapor, the SAN films first appear holes and then rupture into droplets which fuse and break periodically. The periodic evolutions of the droplets are due to the preferred affinity of acetone molecules with the AN segments and the change of surface energy. This phenomenon is different from the single evolutions in the spin-coated polystyrene-block-poly(methyl methacrylate) (PS-b-PMMA) block copolymer films. This illustrates the interactions between AN segments and the substrate are stronger than those between PMMA segments and the substrate in the spin-coated films.     

Stability of the gold/silica thin film interface: electrochemical and surface plasmon resonance studies

This article reports chemical stability studies of a gold film electrode coated with thin silicon oxide (SiOx) layers using electrochemical, surface plasmon resonance (SPR) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) techniques. Silica films with different thicknesses (d = 6.4, 9.7, 14.5, and 18.5 nm) were deposited using a plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition technique (PECVD). For SiOx films with d >/= 18.5 nm, the electrochemical behavior is characteristic of a highly efficient barrier for a redox probe. SiOx films with thicknesses between 9.5 and 14.5 nm were found to be less efficient barriers for electron transfer. The Au/SiOx interface with 6.4 nm of SiOx, however, showed an enhanced steady-state current compared to that of the other films. The stability of this interface in solutions of different pH was investigated. Whereas a strongly basic solution led to a continuous dissolution of the SiOx interface, acidic treatment produced a more reticulated SiOx film and improved electrochemical behavior. The electrochemical results were corroborated by SPR measurements in real time and AFM studies.     

Quantum size effect directed selective self-assembling of cobalt phthalocyanine on Pb(111) thin films

Adsorption and self-assembly of cobalt phthalocyanine (CoPc) molecules on Pb(111) thin films with a thickness ranging from 10 atomic monolayers (ML) to 20 ML were investigated by using scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy (STM/STS). Unprecedented thickness-selective oscillating adsorption and self-assembly behavior of the molecules on the films were observed. STS measurement reveals that this oscillatory behavior arises from quantum size effect. The strong quantum confinement of electron motion in the Pb films modulates the electronic density of states at the Fermi level (DOS(EF)), leading to preferential adsorption at thicknesses of higher DOS(EF). The work provides an unambiguous evidence for quantum modulation of surface reactivities of a metal thin film.     

电沉积二氧化钛纳米微粒膜的光电化学性能和表面形貌研究

采用光电流谱、透射光谱和扫描微探针显微镜技术对电沉积法制备的二氧化钛纳米微粒膜的光电化学性能和表面形貌进行了研究.结果表明,不同制备条件下的二氧化钛纳米微粒膜具有与紧密的半导体电极不同的光电化学性质,并探讨了其光电化学性能与表面形貌的关系.     

Photoinduced fluorescence enhancement in mono- and multilayer films of CdSe/ZnS quantum dots: dependence on intensity and wavelength of excitation light

Photoinduced fluorescence enhancement (PFE) behavior in mono- and multilayer films of CdSe/ZnS core/shell quantum dots (QDs) on glass substrates was investigated using various intensities and wavelengths of excitation light. CdSe/ZnS QDs capped with tri-n-octylphosphine oxide (TOPO) were produced using colloidal chemical synthesis, and mono- and multilayer QD films were fabricated on glass substrates by spin coating. The fluorescence quantum yield (QY) of the QD monolayer was greatly enhanced by continuous irradiation in a dry nitrogen atmosphere, whereas the QD multilayer showed a small enhancement of the QY or fluorescence intensity decay. In addition, the shorter the excitation wavelength, the more pronounced the PFE. The rate of increase of the QY increased with decreasing excitation intensities at any wavelength. These dependences were observed in both mono- and multilayer films. Our results suggest that the photoejection of electrons to the substrate is the origin of PFE. Assuming the charging effect of electrons trapped in the substrate, a phenomenological model is proposed to explain all of the experimental results, that is, the dependence on the intensity and wavelength of excitation light and the qualitative difference in PFE behavior between mono- and multilayer films.     

POLYMERIZATION OF PYRROLE ON POLYACRYLAMIDE ELECTRODES

Polymerization of pyrrole on a polyacrylamide (PAA) coated electrode was carried out in acetonitrile. Different compositions of semi-conducting, composite films of PAA/Polypyrrole (PP_y), were prepared by the electrochemical polymerization of pyrrole on PAA electrodes. The polymerization was possible only for a certain thickness of the polyacrylamide on the platinum. Conductivites of PAA/PP_y films at different compositions were obtained. The electrochemical properties of polypyrrole-poly-acrylamide (PP_y/PAA) composite films have been investigated by using cyclic voltammetry. The PP_y/PAA composite film is suitable as the electroactive material due to its stable and controllable electrochemical properties. The films were examined by FTIR spectroscopy. The topography of surface films were analyzed by scanning electron microscope (SEM). The response behavior of PP_y/PAA films at different compositions when exposed to Ar, C₃H₈ and H₂ gases indicated that these films were only slightly sensitive to H₂ gas.     

Cholesterol levels and activity of membrane bound proteins: characterization by thermal and electrochemical methods

The long-term goal of this investigation is to study the effects of increased cholesterol levels on the molecular activity of membrane-bound enzymes such as nitric oxide synthase, that are critical in the functioning of the cardiovascular system. In this particular investigation, we used differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and dielectric thermal analysis (DETA) to study the effect of added cholesterol on melting/recrystallization and dielectric behavior, respectively, of phosphatidylcholine (PC) bilayered thin films. We also used electrochemical methods to investigate the effect of added cholesterol on the redox behavior of the oxygenase domain of nitric oxide synthase as a probe embedded in the PC films. The results show that added cholesterol in the PC films seems to depress the molecular dynamics as indicated by lowered current responses in the presence of cholesterol as well as a slight increase of the transition temperature in the overall two-phase regime behavior observed in PC–cholesterol films. These results are rationalized in the context of the general DSC and DETA behaviors of the PC–chol films.     

Electrochemical synthesis, characterization and some properties of a polymer derived from thioflavin S

Polymeric films derived from thioflavin S were electrosynthesized on mild steel and silver electrodes in sulfuric acid and lithium perchlorate-containing aqueous solutions. The introduction of thioflavin S in an acidic solution protected the surface of steel from corrosion. The electrochemical behavior of the steel coated with a layer of poly(thioflavin) was examined by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. The films exhibited a capacitive behavior and were semi-conductive in nature. Infra red reflectance measurements of the polymer films at the steel surface showed that the polymer structure retained the aromatic structure of the benzene and thiazole rings with the distinction of a nitrogen quinone vibrational band. Surface morphology of the polymer film was examined with scanning electron microscopy. The films are yellow, compact and dense when electrochemically formed onto steel surfaces when compared to a blue rather porous when formed onto silver electrode. The mechanism of electropolymerization of thioflavin is given and found similar to that of aniline with the possibility of metal chelation with the sulfur and/or nitrogen in the thiazole ring.     

锇-聚乙烯吡啶复合物与辣根过氧化物酶分子多层膜的制备及电化学性质研究

基于分子间静电相互作用力,将锇-聚乙烯吡啶复合物(PVP-Os)与辣根过氧化物酶(HRP)交替沉积于固体基质表面,制得了包含生物成分的分子多层膜.膜层间的聚合物分子起到了粘接与导电的双重作用.用紫外-可见光谱法跟踪了石英基片上的组装过程,研究了多层膜电极对过氧化氢的电催化还原性能,并描述了多层膜电化学行为.