Structure of water in the vicinity of a zwitterionic polymer brush as examined by sum frequency generation method

Takuya Kondo, Kouji Nomura, Masanobu Murou, Makoto Gemmei-Ide, Hiromi Kitano*, Hidenori Noguchi, Kohei Uosaki, Kohji Ohno, Yoshiyuki Saruwatari

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研究成果: ジャーナルへの寄稿学術論文査読

27 被引用数 (Scopus)

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A zwitterionic poly(carboxymethylbetaine) (PCMB) brush was prepared on a fused quartz prism by the surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (SI-ATRP) of CMB monomer. The conformation of PCMB brush and the state of water at the surface of the brush were examined using sum frequency generation (SFG) technique. The C. H stretching band of the brush, indicating the gauche defect of the brush, was affected by the contact medium such as dry nitrogen, water vapor-saturated nitrogen and liquid water. The water molecules at the PCMB-water interfaces were not largely oriented in comparison with the interfacial water of both bare and the ATRP-initiator-modified quartz prisms. The similar tendency was previously observed for water in the vicinity of water-soluble zwitterionic polymers and polymer thin films using Raman and attenuated total reflection (ATR) infrared spectroscopies, respectively. The electrical neutralization between neighboring positive and negative charges might diminish the electrostatic adsorption of water molecules to the vicinity of zwitterionic polymer brushes.

本文言語英語
ページ(範囲)126-132
ページ数7
ジャーナルColloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces
100
DOI
出版ステータス出版済み - 2012/12/01

ASJC Scopus 主題領域

  • バイオテクノロジー
  • 表面および界面
  • 物理化学および理論化学
  • コロイド化学および表面化学

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