TY  - JOUR
A1  - Harms, Stephan
A1  - Raetzke, Klaus
A1  - Faupel, Franz
A1  - Egger, Werner
A1  - Ravello, Lori Boyd de
A1  - Laschewsky, André
A1  - Wang, Weinan
A1  - Müller-Buschbaum, Peter
T1  - Free volume and swelling in thin films of poly(n-isopropylacrylamide) end-capped with n-butyltrithiocarbonate
N2  - The free volume in thin films of poly(N-isopropylacrylamid) end-capped with n-butyltrio-carbonate (nbc-PNIPAM) is probed with positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy (PALS). The PALS measurements are performed as function of energy to obtain depth profiles of the free volume of nbc-PNIPAM films. The range of nbc-PNIPAM films with thicknesses from 40 to 200 nm is focused. With decreasing film thickness the free volume increases in good agreement with an increase in the maximum swelling capability of the nbc-PNIPAM films. Thus in thin hydrogel films the sorption and swelling behavior is governed by free volume.
Y1  - 2010
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/32203
UR  - http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jhome/10003270
SN  - 1022-1336
ER  -