Influence of the Interaction Strength between Supramolecular Complexes on the Topography of Neutral Polymer Multilayer Films | Zendy

Lydie Séon | Zendy; Audrey Parat | Zendy; Fabien Gaudière | Zendy; JeanClaude Voegel | Zendy; Rachel AuzélyVelty | Zendy; Philippe Lorchat | Zendy; Liliane CocheGuérente | Zendy; Bernard Senger | Zendy; Pierre Schaaf | Zendy; Loı̈c Jierry | Zendy; Fouzia Boulmedais | Zendy

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Influence of the Interaction Strength between Supramolecular Complexes on the Topography of Neutral Polymer Multilayer Films

Author(s) -

Lydie Séon,

Audrey Parat,

Fabien Gaudière,

JeanClaude Voegel,

Rachel AuzélyVelty,

Philippe Lorchat,

Liliane CocheGuérente,

Bernard Senger,

Pierre Schaaf,

Loı̈c Jierry,

Fouzia Boulmedais

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

langmuir

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.042

H-Index - 333

eISSN - 1520-5827

pISSN - 0743-7463

DOI - 10.1021/la501403m

Subject(s) - polyelectrolyte , ionic strength , polymer , substrate (aquarium) , materials science , supramolecular chemistry , chemical engineering , chemistry , composite material , crystallography , aqueous solution , crystal structure , organic chemistry , oceanography , engineering , geology

Step-by-step polymer film buildup processes lead to polymer coatings, e.g., polyelectrolyte multilayers, of various structures ranging from continuous smooth films to droplet like discontinuous coatings. Yet, the origin of these different behaviors depending upon the system is not yet known. This study is a first attempt to rationalize the evolution of the coating structure as a function of the strength of the interactions between the polymers constituting the film. We investigated the influence of the strength of noncovalent host-guest interactions between cyclodextrin (CD) and pyrene (Py), ferrocene (Fc) or adamantane (Ad) on the structure of neutral poly(N-hydroxypropylmethacrylamide) (PHPMA) multilayers films formed in a step-by-step manner. In solution, the strength of the inclusion complex (measured by log K where K is the complex association constant) is increasing in the order Py/β-CD < Fc/β-CD < Ad/β-CD and can be further varied in the presence of different sodium salts at different ionic strengths. Depending upon this strength, the buildup process is limited to the formation of isolated aggregates for PHPMA-CD/PHPMA-Py, leading to smooth continuous films for PHPMA-CD/PHPMA-Fc and to droplet-like films, not entirely covering the substrate, for PHPMA-CD/PHPMA-Ad. To study the influence of the strength of the host-guest interactions on the film topography, PHPMA-CD/PHPMA-Fc films were built in the presence of different sodium salts at different ionic strengths. For low host-guest interactions, only isolated aggregates are formed on the substrate. As the strength of the host-guest interactions increases (increase of log K), the formed films go through a droplet-like structure, before becoming continuous but rough for stronger interactions. When the interaction strength is further increased, the roughness of the films decreases, leading to a smooth continuous film before becoming rough again at still higher interaction strength. Smooth continuous multilayers seem thus to be obtained for an optimal range of the interaction strength.

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