Hagmann, Kevin ; Bunk, Carolin ; Böhme, Frank ; Klitzing, Regine von (2022)
Amphiphilic Polymer Conetwork Gel Films Based on Tetra-Poly(ethylene Glycol) and Tetra-Poly(ε-Caprolactone).
In: Polymers, 2022, 14 (13)
doi: 10.26083/tuprints-00022070
Artikel, Zweitveröffentlichung, Verlagsversion
Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)
The preparation and investigation of gel films from a model amphiphilic polymer conetwork (ACN) grant a deeper control and understanding of the structure–property relationship in the bulk phase and at the interface of materials with promising applications. In order to allow the simultaneous transport of hydrophilic and hydrophobic substances, polymeric networks with finely distributed hydrophilic and hydrophobic components are very suitable. When designing new soft materials such as coatings, in addition to the structure in the bulk phase, the structure at the interface plays a critical role. In this study, two alternating tetra-arm star polymers poly(ε-caprolactone) (tetra-PCLOx) and amino terminated poly(ethylene glycol) (tetra-PEG-NH2) form an amphiphilic polymer conetwork. The correlation between different synthesis strategies for gel films of this ACN model system and their resulting properties will be described. Through various spin coating techniques, control over film thickness and roughness is achievable and highlights differences to macroscopic gel samples. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) measurements reveal the effect of solvents of different polarities on the swelling ability and surface structure. This correlates with AFM investigations of the mechanical properties on ACN gel films, demonstrating a strong effect on the resulting elastic modulus E, depending on the presence or absence of a good solvent during synthesis. Furthermore, a higher E modulus is obtained in the presence of the selective solvent water, compared to the nonselective solvent toluene. This observation is explained through selective swelling of the tetra-arm star polymers displaying a different hydrophobicity.
| Typ des Eintrags: | Artikel |
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| Erschienen: | 2022 |
| Autor(en): | Hagmann, Kevin ; Bunk, Carolin ; Böhme, Frank ; Klitzing, Regine von |
| Art des Eintrags: | Zweitveröffentlichung |
| Titel: | Amphiphilic Polymer Conetwork Gel Films Based on Tetra-Poly(ethylene Glycol) and Tetra-Poly(ε-Caprolactone) |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Publikationsjahr: | 2022 |
| Ort: | Darmstadt |
| Publikationsdatum der Erstveröffentlichung: | 2022 |
| Verlag: | MDPI |
| Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe: | Polymers |
| Jahrgang/Volume einer Zeitschrift: | 14 |
| (Heft-)Nummer: | 13 |
| Kollation: | 15 Seiten |
| DOI: | 10.26083/tuprints-00022070 |
| URL / URN: | https://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/22070 |
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| Herkunft: | Zweitveröffentlichung aus gefördertem Golden Open Access |
| Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract): | The preparation and investigation of gel films from a model amphiphilic polymer conetwork (ACN) grant a deeper control and understanding of the structure–property relationship in the bulk phase and at the interface of materials with promising applications. In order to allow the simultaneous transport of hydrophilic and hydrophobic substances, polymeric networks with finely distributed hydrophilic and hydrophobic components are very suitable. When designing new soft materials such as coatings, in addition to the structure in the bulk phase, the structure at the interface plays a critical role. In this study, two alternating tetra-arm star polymers poly(ε-caprolactone) (tetra-PCLOx) and amino terminated poly(ethylene glycol) (tetra-PEG-NH2) form an amphiphilic polymer conetwork. The correlation between different synthesis strategies for gel films of this ACN model system and their resulting properties will be described. Through various spin coating techniques, control over film thickness and roughness is achievable and highlights differences to macroscopic gel samples. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) measurements reveal the effect of solvents of different polarities on the swelling ability and surface structure. This correlates with AFM investigations of the mechanical properties on ACN gel films, demonstrating a strong effect on the resulting elastic modulus E, depending on the presence or absence of a good solvent during synthesis. Furthermore, a higher E modulus is obtained in the presence of the selective solvent water, compared to the nonselective solvent toluene. This observation is explained through selective swelling of the tetra-arm star polymers displaying a different hydrophobicity. |
| Freie Schlagworte: | amphiphilic polymer conetworks, thin gel films, spin coating, atomic force microscopy, swelling, nano-mechanics |
| Status: | Verlagsversion |
| URN: | urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-220708 |
| Sachgruppe der Dewey Dezimalklassifikatin (DDC): | 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 530 Physik |
| Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): | 05 Fachbereich Physik 05 Fachbereich Physik > Institut für Physik Kondensierter Materie (IPKM) |
| Hinterlegungsdatum: | 24 Aug 2022 12:20 |
| Letzte Änderung: | 22 Nov 2023 08:00 |
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