Gresham, Isaac J.; Humphreys, Ben A.; Willott, Joshua D.; Johnson, Edwin C.; Murdoch, Timothy J.; Webber, Grant B.; Wanless, Erica J.; Nelson, Andrew R. J.; Prescott, Stuart W. published an article in 2021. The article was titled 《Geometrical Confinement Modulates the Thermoresponse of a Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Brush》, and you may find the article in Macromolecules (Washington, DC, United States).Related Products of 7789-45-9 The information in the text is summarized as follows:
The structure of grafted-from poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) brushes is investigated as a function of confining stress and system temperature using neutron reflectometry (NR), numerical SCF theory, and the reanal. of colloid probe at. force microscopy (AFM) data from the literature. For NR experiments, confinement is achieved using a custom-made sample environment, and the corresponding reflectometry data are analyzed using a novel “”distribution model.”” The NR and AFM experiments probe similar temperature-stress combinations and generally find qual. agreement, with some variations highlighting path-dependent (isostress vs. isothermal, resp.) behavior. All techniques indicate that confinement removes the critical transition point in the thermoresponse of PNIPAM and results in the brush assuming a block-like volume fraction profile with a uniform internal structure. The PNIPAM brushes recover from such treatment, regaining their thermoresponse upon resolvation. Understanding the structure of responsive polymer brushes under confinement is essential, as brush applications are often accompanied by a surface-normal force (i.e., lubrication) and brush properties are dependent on their structure. In the experiment, the researchers used Cupric bromide(cas: 7789-45-9Related Products of 7789-45-9)
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