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Effect of Solvent Condition on the Dynamic Response of Polymer Brushes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

S. M. Kilbey II ,
P. Schorr  and
M. Tirrell
S. M. Kilbey II
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science University of Minnesota 421 Washington Avenue SE Minneapolis, MN 55455
P. Schorr
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science University of Minnesota 421 Washington Avenue SE Minneapolis, MN 55455
M. Tirrell
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science University of Minnesota 421 Washington Avenue SE Minneapolis, MN 55455
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Abstract

The frictional response of two opposing polymer brushes subjected to steady shear was studied as a function of solvent condition and degree of compression using the Surface Forces Apparatus (SFA). The brushes were made by preferential adsorption of polyvinylpryridinepolystyrene (PVP-PS) block copolymers adsorbed onto atomically smooth surfaces from a dilute solution of toluene. Extremely parallel lateral motion was imparted to one surface and the response was detected at the opposing brush-covered surface. When the brushes were bathed in a good solvent, it was necessary to strongly compress the layers in order to observe frictional forces transmitted between the surfaces. However, when the solvent was changed to a near-theta solvent, large frictional forces were measured at weaker compressions. The onset of these frictional forces occurred at distances comparable to the distance at which the opposing layers contact one another and rapidly increase as the brushes are compressed. Arguments are advanced that this behavior is attributable to frictional interactions between the polymer chains and the solvent.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 543: Symposium W – Dynamics in Small Confining Systems IV , 1998 , 181
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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