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Quartz Crystal Microbalance Studies on Conformational Change of Polymer Chains at Interface
Author(s) -
Zhang Guangzhao,
Wu Chi
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
macromolecular rapid communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.348
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1521-3927
pISSN - 1022-1336
DOI - 10.1002/marc.200800611
Subject(s) - quartz crystal microbalance , polymer , materials science , swelling , quartz , conformational change , chemical engineering , polymer chemistry , chemical physics , chemistry , composite material , stereochemistry , adsorption , engineering
Abstract The conformation of polymers at interface profoundly influences the interfacial properties. Quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM‐D) is a newly developed technique to detect polymer behavior at interface in real time. In this article, we mainly review our QCM‐D studies. Our focus is on temperature induced collapse and swelling of tethered polymer chains, pancake‐to‐brush transition and mushroom‐to‐brush of polymer chains.