Temperature effects on the adsorption of polyvinyl alcohol on silica

The influence of temperature on the adsorption of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) on a silica surface was studied from 15–35°C. The structure of the polymer adsorption layer was determined from spectrophotometric, viscosity and thermogravimetric measurements. The amount of PVA adsorbed, macromolecules’ conformation in solution, thickness of the polymer adsorption layer, and changes in the heating curve of SiO₂ with adsorbed polymer were determined. Temperature influences the PVA chain conformation in solution and the structure of the polymer adsorption layer. A temperature rise causes relaxation of polymer coils which results in an increase in the linear dimensions of PVA chains in the solution, the creation of a thicker adsorption layer, and an increase in polymer adsorbed. Polymer adsorption on the silica surface also causes changes in the heating curve of these systems. The mass losses due to heating are smallest for the systems obtained at 15°C because the least polymer is adsorbed at this temperature.      

Investigation of the alumina properties with adsorbed polyvinyl alcohol

The influence of solution pH on the structure of polyvinyl alcohol adsorption layer on the alumina surface was investigated. The spectrophotometry, viscosimetry, thermogravimetry, potentiometric titration and microelectrophoresis were applied in experiments. These methods enable determination of the following parameters: adsorbed amount of PVA, stability of suspension without and with polymer, thickness of its adsorption layers, changes in thermal characteristics of Al₂O₃ surface with the adsorbed polymer, surface charge density and zeta potential of solid particles in the presence and absence of PVA, respectively. All measurements were carried out in the pH range 3–9. The obtained results indicate that pH has a great influence on the conformation of PVA chains adsorbed on the alumina surface. It is due to incomplete hydrolysis of acetate groups of polyvinyl alcohol macromolecules (degree of hydrolysis 97.5%), which dissociate with the increasing pH. Moreover, the polymer adsorption on the alumina surface causes changes in the course of thermogravimetric curves. The effect of weight loss for Al₂O₃–PVA systems is smaller than that of Al₂O₃ without polymer. It is due to elimination of water molecules from the solid surface by adsorbed polymer.     

The temperature effect on electrokinetic properties of the silica–polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) system

The influence of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) adsorption on the structure of the diffuse layer of silica (SiO₂) in the temperature range 15–35 °C was examined. The microelectrophoresis method was used in the experiments to determine the zeta potential of the solid particles in the absence and presence of the polymer. The adsorption of PVA macromolecules causes the zeta potential decrease in all investigated SiO₂ systems. Moreover this, decrease is the most pronounced at the highest examined temperature. Obtained results indicate that the conformational changes of adsorbed polymer chains are responsible for changes in electrokinetic properties of silica particles. Moreover, the structure of diffuse layer on the solid surface with adsorbed polymer results from the following effects: the presence of acetate groups in PVA chains, the blockade of silica surface groups by adsorbed polymer and the shift of slipping plane due to macromolecules adsorption.     

Studies of temperature influence on adsorption behaviour of nonionic polymers at the zirconia–solution interface

The temperature influence (15–35 °C) on the adsorption mechanism and conformation of nonionic polymers (polyethylene glycol (PEG), polyethylene oxide (PEO) and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)) on the zirconium dioxide surface was examined. The applied techniques (spectrophotometry, viscosimetry, potentiometric titration and microelectrophoresis) allowed characterization of the changes in structure and thickness of polymer adsorption layers with the increasing temperature. The rise of temperature favours more stretched conformation of polymer chains on the ZrO₂ surface, which results in higher adsorption and thicker adsorption layer. Moreover, these conformational changes of adsorbed macromolecules affect the electric (solid surface charge density) and electrokinetic (zeta potential) properties of the zirconia–polymer interface. The obtained data indicate that the polyvinyl alcohol adsorption has a greater influence on zirconia properties in comparison to that of PEG and PEO. It is due to the presence of acetate groups in the PVA macromolecules (degree of hydrolysis 97.5%), which undergo dissociation.     

Interpretation of water isotherm hysteresis for an activated charcoal using stochastic pore networks

Water vapor adsorption equilibria on activated carbons typically exhibit hysteresis. The size and shape of the hysteresis loop which separates the adsorption and desorption branches is a strong function of the pore size and interconnectivity of the pores. Neither conventional pore filling models nor statistical thermodynamics approaches provide a means for predicting the extent of hysteresis from only adsorption measurements. This work uses the Kelvin Equation in conjunction with the structural concept of a stochastic pore network to describe measured water isotherms on BPL carbon. Using a pore segment distribution function determined from the adsorption branch, it is shown that totally random assemblies underestimate the extent of hysteresis. It is possible, however, to closely fit the measured BPL-water hysteresis loop using a patchy heterogeneity in which a proportion of the larger pores are preferentially located on the exterior, mid-range pores are concentrated in a sub-surface layer and some large pores form shielded voids behind much smaller pores.Nomenclature p vapor phase partial pressure of sorbate - p _sat saturation vapor pressure of sorbate - R gas constant - r pore radius - T absolute temperature - t adsorbed layer thickness - V _L molar volume of adsorbed phase - surface tension - contact angle     

Temperature effect on adsorption properties of silica-polyacrylic acid interface

The temperature influence (15–35 °C) on the adsorption mechanism and conformation of nonionic polymers (polyethylene glycol (PEG), polyethylene oxide (PEO) and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)) on the zirconium dioxide surface was examined. The applied techniques (spectrophotometry, viscosimetry, potentiometric titration and microelectrophoresis) allowed characterization of the changes in structure and thickness of polymer adsorption layers with the increasing temperature. The rise of temperature favours more stretched conformation of polymer chains on the ZrO₂ surface, which results in higher adsorption and thicker adsorption layer. Moreover, these conformational changes of adsorbed macromolecules affect the electric (solid surface charge density) and electrokinetic (zeta potential) properties of the zirconia–polymer interface. The obtained data indicate that the polyvinyl alcohol adsorption has a greater influence on zirconia properties in comparison to that of PEG and PEO. It is due to the presence of acetate groups in the PVA macromolecules (degree of hydrolysis 97.5%), which undergo dissociation.     

Non-equilibrium adsorption at solid/liquid interfaces from polyelectrolyte solutions

The poly(2-vinylpyridine) layer was established at the Pyrex glass/water interface with periodic phases of adsorption/desorption runs observed over several days. This was evidenced by determining the concentration of radio-labelled molecules in the solution equilibrating the glass beads as a function of time (the effluent) while the same radio-labelled polymer was slowly supplied by injecting the polymer solution into the reactor containing the adsorbent at a controlled extremely slow rate. Although the adsorption (or the desorption) steps seemed to present some periodic character, they were better correlated with the successive bulk concentration thresholds that were established with time when the initial surface was free of polymer at time zero. Even when the adsorbent was coated at different degrees, desorption steps were correlated to the overstepping of decreasing concentration thresholds. Adsorption and desorption runs were attributed to the existence of different typical interfacial conformations of the adsorbed macromolecules that only can be stabilised in the adsorbed state when the layer was equilibrated with the polymer solution of a certain concentration. Macromolecule were definitely adsorbed when the reconformation process led to a flat conformation (trains). Macromolecules adsorbed with a conformation close to their solution conformation may be desorbed as a result of the reconformation process affecting previously adsorbed neighbour molecules (in the case of partially coated surfaces at time zero of injection). Macromolecules with loops and tails were retained on the surface when the polymer concentration in the bulk was progressively increased (for uncoated surfaces at time zero of injection). All these effect were attributed to the combined influence of topological effects on adsorption and reconformation of adsorbed macromolecules that characterise the non-equilibrium adsorption processes.     

SDS与PVP对碘化银溶胶稳定性的影响

研究了SDS、PVP及二者的混合物对AgI溶胶稳定性的影响。SDS主要通过表面活性负离子在AgI质点表面上的吸附使ζ电势升高,提高溶胶的稳定性。低浓度的PVP使AgI溶胶敏化,高浓度时又通过吸附层的空间稳定效应使其稳定。在PVP与SDS的混合溶液中,AgI溶胶的稳定性显著增加。根据PVP与SDS在固液界面上的相互作用讨论了这一增效作用。     

Influence of chemically inert fillers on the efficiency of polyethylene inhibition by antioxidants

The influence of chemically inert dispersed fillers (Al₂O₃, SiO₂) on the efficiency of the polyethylene oxidation inhibition by commercial antioxidants (Irganox 1010, Neozon D) was studied. Introduction of chemically inert fillers into inhibited polymers alters the inhibitor distribution in the sample volume. The first fraction of the additive remains conventionally dissolved in the polymer (occurs in the dissolved state and in sorption sites), the second fraction is localized at the filler-polymer interface (separates out in the interfacial zone and accumulates in microcavities and voids of this zone), and the third fraction is adsorbed on the filler (forms an adsorption layer on the particle surface). As a result, the heat resistance of the filled polymer changes.     

Steric stabilization of iron (III) hydroxide sols by various amino acids

The dispersion and coagulation phenomena of iron(III) hydroxide sols were investigated as a function of pH in the absence and presence of amino acids. The amino acids used were glycine,L--alanine,DL--amino-n-butyric acid,L-valine,L-leucine,L- isoleucine,L-glutamic acid andL-arginine. The turbidity measurements of the iron-(III) hydroxide sols, which were prepared by pouring an aqueous iron(III) chloride solution into boiling distilled water, were carried out using a spectrophotometer with an addermixer device and an automatic recording system. The zeta potentials of sol particles were obtained by ultra-microelectrophoresis. The change in turbidity of the sol, as a measure in stability of the sol, increased with increasing pH in the region of pH 2–8, and reached a maximum at the isoelectric point of the particles. The coagulation at the isoelectric point was prevented by adding amino acids, and the stabilization had an optimum point at concentrations which depended upon the kinds of amino acids. The remarkable dispersing effect of amino acids which occurred near the isoelectric point of the particles at the suitable concentration of the ammo acids may be due to the steric protection by amino acid adsorbed. The protective action was explained according to a modified DLVO theory, the modification for London-van der Waals force being applied in order to take the effect of the adsorption layer into account.     

Adsorption behavior of water soluble polymers with lower critical solution temperature

The adsorption behavior of hydroxylpropyl cellulose (HPC), ethyl hydroxylethyl cellulose (EHEC) and poly-vinylalcohol (PVA) polymers, which have a lower critical solution temperature (LCST), have been studied in comparison with the behavior of hydroxylethyl cellulose (HEC) with no LCST. The saturated amount of adsorption (A _s ) for the polymers with LCST depended significantly on the adsorption temperature and theA _s , e. g., for HPC obtained at the LCST, the amount was 1.5 times as large as the value at room temperature. The highA _s values obtained at the LCST were maintained over a long period at room temperature, and the dense adsorption layer formed on the latex particles at the LCST showed a strong protective action against flocculation. Furthermore, the effect of the surface nature of the adsorbent on the polymer adsorption at the LCST has been investigated using six kinds of synthetic latices with different surface natures. It was found that the hydrophobic interaction between the polymer and the adsorbent plays an important role in inducing the adsorption, and the trend of increasing the hydrophilic character of the latex surface prevents the formation of the adsorption layer of the polymer.     

Adsorption of block polyampholyte micelles in monolayers at the silicon water interface

 The adsorption of the diblock polyampholyte poly (methacrylic acid)-block-poly((dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) from aqueous solution on silicon substrates was investigated as a function of polymer concentration and pH. Dynamic light scattering and electrokinetic measurements were used to characterize the polyampholyte in solution. The amount of polymer adsorbed was determined by ellipsometry and lateral structures of the polymer layer were investigated by scanning force microscopy. The amount of polymer adsorbed was found to be strongly influenced by the pH of the polymer solution, while the size of the polyampholyte micelles adsorbed on the surface was hardly affected by pH during adsorption. From investigations by scanning force microscopy well-seperated micelles were seen in the dried monolayers adsorbed directly from solution. The structures at the surface are correlated to structures in solution, and the adsorbed amount depends on the relative charge of the micelles and the surface. Received: 13 September 1999 Accepted in revised form: 8 December 1999     

Studies on the viscosity behavior of polymer solutions at low concentrations

Viscosity measurements had been made on poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA), poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone) (PVP) and poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) solutions down to low concentrations. It was found that defined as the flow time of the pure solvent in ideal conditions and obtained practically by extrapolating the flow time of polymer solution t to zero concentration, was not equal to the flow time of the pure solvent t₀ measured. The reduced viscosity η_sp/C determined by (t/t₀-1)/C exhibited either a drastic increase or a significant decrease with dilution, depending upon the polymer solution investigated. On the other hand, η_sp/C determined by was proportional to C even at low concentrations. The anomalous viscosity behavior of neutral polymer solutions at low concentrations, therefore, was due to the incorrect method by which η_sp/C was determined. The detailed experiments indicated that the effective diameter of the viscometer capillary, the surface property of the capillary wall and the additional pressure corresponding to the measurement of t and t₀ for PVA, PVP and PEO solutions were not the same. Taking into account the contact anger and the surface tension of the liquid, together with the geometric parameter of the viscometer, the influence of the additional pressure upon the flow time measurement could be studied quantitatively. The calculation was in a good agreement with the experimental result. According to the method presented in this paper, the thickness of the adsorbed polymer layers on the capillary walls could be determined. It was noted that the thickness of the adsorbed polymer layers on the capillary walls was closely related to the solvent in which the polymer molecules were dissolved. The polymer molecular weight, however, had little or no effect on the thickness of the adsorbed polymer layers on the walls of the viscometer capillary.     

Adsorption of polymers at the solution-solid interface

Summary The adsorption of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer which consists of two different adsorption energy segments from solution onto glass sphere was studied. The adsorption depends on molecular weight and the constant obtained by application ofUllman's equation is decreased with the increase of molecular weight. The molecular weight dependence of adsorption suggests that the polymer chain adsorbed at solution-solid interface consist of sequences and loop chains. The relation between maximum adsorption and area occupied with adsorbed polymer chain from various solution was discussed, and the solvent dependence of maximum adsorption was explained in the difference of polymer solubility.

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Zusammenfassung Die Adsorption von Äthylen-Vinylacetat-Copolymeren, die aus zwei unterschiedlichen Segmenten hinsichtlich der Adsorptionsenergie bestehen, aus der Lösung an Glaskugeln wurde untersucht. Die Adsorption hängt vom Molekulargewicht ab; und die Konstante , erhalten durch Anwendung derUllmanschen Gleichung, nimmt mit der Zunahme des Molekulargewichts ab. Die Molekulargewichts-Abhängigkeit der Adsorption läßt vermuten, daß die Polymerketten, in der Grenzfläche adsorbiert, aus Sequenzen und Schleifen bestehen. Die Beziehungen zwischen maximaler Adsorption und mit adsorbierter Polymerketten besetzter Fläche aus verschiedener Lösung wird diskutiert und die Lösungsmittel-Abhängigkeit der maximalen Adsorption wurde aus dem Unterschied der Polymer-Löslichkeit erklärt.

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Dynamics of Adsorbed Star‐Branched Polymer Chains: A Computer Simulation Study

The simple cubic‐lattice model of polymer chains was used to study the dynamic properties of adsorbed, branched polymers. The model star‐branched chains consisted of f = 3 arms of equal lengths. The chain was modeled with excluded volume, that is, in good solvent conditions. The only interaction assumed was a contact potential between polymer segments and an impenetrable surface. This potential was varied to cover both weak and strong adsorption regimes. The classical Metropolis sampling algorithm was used for models of star‐branched polymers in order to calculate the dynamic properties of adsorbed chains. It was shown that long‐time dynamics (diffusion constant) and short‐time dynamics (the longest relaxation time) were different for weak and strong adsorption. The diffusion of weakly adsorbed chains was found to be qualitatively the same as for free nonadsorbed chains, whereas strongly adsorbed chains behaved like two‐dimensional polymers. The time‐dependent properties of structural elements such as tails, loops, and trains were also determined.

The mean lifetimes of tails, loops, and trains versus the bead number for the chain with N = 799 beads for the case of the weak adsorption ε_a = −0.3.     

Lattice Monte Carlo simulation of polymer adsorption at an interface, 1. Monodisperse polymer

Adsorption of a monodisperse polymer at a solid-liquid interface is comprehensively studied by Monte Carlo simulation. The distributions of total segment density and different adsorption configurations including trains, loops and tails are obtained. Effects of reduced exchange interaction energies $ \tilde \varepsilon $, bulk concentrations ϕ^*, reduced adsorption energies $ \tilde \varepsilon_a $ and chain lengths r on those distributions are studied. Comparisons with predictions of the Scheutjens-Fleer (SF) theory are also provided. Generally, the chain molecules are more easily adsorbed at an interface in non-solvents than in good solvents. Longer chains are more likely to be adsorbed than shorter ones. The reduced adsorption energy and the bulk concentration have shown strong effects on the segment-density distributions. In addition, the thickness of the adsorption layer is mainly determined by the extension of tails into the bulk solution, which are in turn determined by the chain length. The trains, loops and tails are overwhelmingly short. On the other hand, the amounts of trains and loops are usually much greater than that of tails. Though not perfect, satisfactory agreement is found in comparison with the theoretical predictions of the SF theory.     

Impact of poly(vinyl alcohol) adsorption on the surface characteristics of mixed oxide Mn<Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">x</Emphasis></Subscript>O<Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">y</Emphasis></Subscript>–SiO<Subscript>2</Subscript>

The poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) influence on the adsorption and electrokinetic properties of the mixed oxide Mn _x O _y –SiO₂/polymer solution system was examined. Three oxides differing with the Mn _x O _y contents were applied (0.2; 1 and 3 mmol/g SiO₂, respectively). The PVA with the molecular weight 100 kDa was characterized with the acetate groups content equal to 14 %. Adsorption, solid surface charge and zeta potential measurements were made as a function of solution pH (3–10). The obtained results showed that the PVA adsorption amount strongly depends on not only the solution pH, but also manganese oxide content on the mixed oxide surface. The higher solution pH value (or Mn _x O _y content) is, the higher polymer adsorption is obtained. The PVA addition to the solid suspension causes minimal changes of the mixed oxide surface charge density, whereas the zeta potential of solid particles increases significantly in the polymer presence.     

Kinetics and Isotherms of Cationic Polyelectrolyte Adsorption on Quartz

The kinetics of the formation of quartz surface charge in the solutions of a cationic polyelectrolyte, poly(styrene-co-dimethyl aminopropylmaleimide) with the molecular mass M = 20000 is studied in the concentration range from 10^–5 to 0.5 g/l in 10^–4 M KCl background solution at pH 6.5. Quartz capillaries with the radius from 5 to 10 m and molecularly smooth surface are used as model systems. Characteristic times of the formation of the surface charge at equilibrium with the solution are calculated from the data on the kinetics of adsorption; these times are equal to 40–50 min for the region of electrostatic adsorption (before the surface charge reversal) and 20–25 min, for the region of hydrophobic adsorption upon the formation of the second adlayer. Based on the steady values of the surface charge, the isotherms and potentials of adsorption of cationic polyelectrolyte are calculated. Electrostatic adsorption isotherm is described by the Langmuir equation with the energy of molecular adsorption of 25.4kT. It is shown that, at polymer concentration above 10^–2 g/l, the conformation of adsorbed molecules ceases to be planar. However, even in this case, we succeed in calculating the surface charge using the Helmholtz and Gouy equations and applying the pressure drops at the capillary ends higher than 10 atm, when under the loading of increasing shear stress in the surface layer the conformation of adsorbed molecules approaches the planar shape. Based on the two-layer model of the formation of surface charge developed earlier, it is shown that the energy of hydrophobic adsorption is smaller than that of electrostatic adsorption and is equal to 17.7kT. Possible physical mechanisms of electrostatic and hydrophobic adsorption of cationic polyelectrolyte molecules on quartz are discussed.     

Surface structures of adsorption layers of sodium hyaluronate and bovine serum albumin complexes on poly(γ-methyl-l-glutamate) film and their surface properties

Two-dimensional structures and characteristics of the complexes between sodium hyaluronate (NaHA) and bovine serum albumin (BSA) were studied by using a quartz crystal microbalance method and an atomic force microscope (AFM). NaHA did not adsorb on poly(-methyl-l-glutamate) (PMLG) film. On the other hand, the complexes adsorbed on it and the adsorption behaviors were found to be Langmuir types. With increasing weight ratio of BSA to NaHA, W _BSA, the adsorption constants K decreased and the saturated adsorption masses increased. The adsorbed complexes were spherical particles and at saturated adsorption states they covered compactly on the PMLG film. The mean diameters d _AFM estimated from the topographic images decreased from 70 to 54 nm with increasing W _BSA. The adhesion force F _ad and the frictional force F _f between the complex layers and the AFM tip were obtained by using the contact mode of the AFM. With increasing W _BSA, the values of F _ad decreased and the values of F _f increased. Compared with the frictional coefficient of the NaHA adsorption layer on the BSA monolayer, the values for the NaHA–BSA complex layer were found to be much higher.     

Properties of Star-Branched Polymer Chains Near a Surface

We considered two model systems of star-branched polymers near an impenetrable surface. The model chains were constructed on a simple cubic lattice. Each star polymer consisted of f = 3 arms of equal length and the total number of segments was up to 799. The excluded volume effect was included into these models only and therefore the system was studied at good solvent conditions. In the first model system polymer chain was terminally attached with one arm to the surface. The grafted arm could slide along the surface. In the second system the star-branched chain was adsorbed on the surface and the strength of adsorption was were varied. The simulations were performed using the dynamic Monte Carlo method with local changes of chain conformations. The internal and local structures of a polymer layer were determined. The lateral diffusion and internal mobility of star-branched chains were studied as a function of strength of adsorption and the chain length. The lateral diffusion and internal mobility of star-branched chains were studied as a function of strength of adsorption and the chain length. It was shown that the behavior of grafted and weakly adsorbed chains was similar to that of a free three-dimensional polymer, while the strongly adsorbed chains behave as a two-dimensional system.