𝔖 Bobbio Scriptorium
✦   LIBER   ✦

Following Polymer Brush Growth Using the Quartz Crystal Microbalance Technique

✍ Scribed by Sergio E. Moya; Andrew A. Brown; Omar Azzaroni; Wilhelm T. S. Huck

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2005
Tongue
English
Weight
151 KB
Volume
26
Category
Article
ISSN
1022-1336

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Summary: The growth of surface‐initiated poly([2‐(methacryloyloxy)ethyl]trimethylammonium chloride) (pMETAC) brushes by ATRP was monitored by the quartz crystal microbalance technique with dissipation (QCM‐D). The change in mass of the quartz crystals starting from the adsorption of a thiol initiator monolayer through to the growth of the polymer brushes was determined. The use of QCM‐D allowed determination of the kinetics of polymerization from the surface. The technique can be applied to other polymers synthesised from surfaces and allows the study of varying conditions on the polymerization kinetics.

Changes in frequency of a quartz crystal during polymerization.

magnified imageChanges in frequency of a quartz crystal during polymerization.

📜 SIMILAR VOLUMES

Measuring Cell Adhesion on RGD-Modified,
Measuring Cell Adhesion on RGD-Modified, Self-Assembled PEG Monolayers Using the Quartz Crystal Microbalance Technique
✍ Robert Knerr; Barbara Weiser; Sigrid Drotleff; Claudia Steinem; Achim Göpferich 📂 Article 📅 2006 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 357 KB

## Abstract **Summary:** In this study, the suitability of a flow‐through quartz crystal microbalance system for the detection of the adhesion of rMSCs and 3T3‐L1 fibroblasts on different surfaces is demonstrated. Frequency shifts for rMSCs of −6.7 mHz · cell^−1^ and −2.0 mHz · cell^−1^ for 3T3‐L1

Quartz crystal microbalance for the dete
Quartz crystal microbalance for the detection of carbaryl using molecularly imprinted polymers as recognition element
✍ Wei Yao; Zhixian Gao; Yiyong Cheng 📂 Article 📅 2009 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 538 KB

## Abstract A new piezoelectric quartz crystal sensor using molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) as recognition element has been prepared for the fast detection of carbaryl. The MIPs were prepared by precipitation polymerization in ACN, and then the polymer particles were fixed on the surface of t

Adsorption studies of water on copper, n
Adsorption studies of water on copper, nickel, and iron using the quartz-crystal microbalance technique: Assessment of BET and FHH models of adsorption
✍ S. Lee; R. W. Staehle 📂 Article 📅 1997 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 German ⚖ 837 KB

## Abstract In the atmospheric corrosion of copper, nickel, and iron, the adsorption of water affects the corrosion rates. Knowledge of water adsorption and metal oxyhydroxide formation is important in understanding the atmospheric corrosion process. The purposes of the present research were (1) to

Measurements Using the Quartz Crystal Mi
Measurements Using the Quartz Crystal Microbalance Technique of Ferritin Monolayers on Methyl-Thiolated Gold: Dependence of Energy Dissipation and Saturation Coverage on Salt Concentration
✍ Fredrik Höök; Michael Rodahl; Peter Brzezinski; Bengt Kasemo 📂 Article 📅 1998 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 108 KB

The adsorption kinetics of ferritin as a function of ionic strength has been studied with a new quartz crystal microbalance technique, allowing simultaneous measurement of the frequency shift (proportional to the mass uptake under certain conditions) and of changes in the energy dissipation caused b