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Making polymer brush photosensitive with azobenzene containing surfactants

  • We report on rendering polyelectrolyte brushes photosensitive by loading them with azobenzene-containing cationic surfactants. Planar poly( methacrylic acid) (PMAA) brushes are synthesized using the "grafting from" free-radical polymerization scheme followed by exposure to a solution of photosensitive surfactants consisting of positively-charged head groups and hydrophobic tails into which azobenzene moieties are inserted. In this study the length of the hydrophobic methylene spacer connecting the azobenzene and the charged head group ranges from 4 to 10 CH2 groups. Under irradiation with UV light, the photo-isomerization of azobenzene integrated into a surfactant results in a change in size, geometry, dipole moment and free volume of the whole molecule. When the brush loaded with photosensitive surfactants is exposed to irradiation with UV interference patterns, the topography of the brush deforms following the distribution of the light intensity, exhibiting surface relief gratings (SRG). Since SRG formation is accompanied by a localWe report on rendering polyelectrolyte brushes photosensitive by loading them with azobenzene-containing cationic surfactants. Planar poly( methacrylic acid) (PMAA) brushes are synthesized using the "grafting from" free-radical polymerization scheme followed by exposure to a solution of photosensitive surfactants consisting of positively-charged head groups and hydrophobic tails into which azobenzene moieties are inserted. In this study the length of the hydrophobic methylene spacer connecting the azobenzene and the charged head group ranges from 4 to 10 CH2 groups. Under irradiation with UV light, the photo-isomerization of azobenzene integrated into a surfactant results in a change in size, geometry, dipole moment and free volume of the whole molecule. When the brush loaded with photosensitive surfactants is exposed to irradiation with UV interference patterns, the topography of the brush deforms following the distribution of the light intensity, exhibiting surface relief gratings (SRG). Since SRG formation is accompanied by a local rupturing of polymer chains in areas from which the polymer material is receding, most of the polymer material is removed from the surface during treatment with good solvent, leaving behind characteristic patterns of lines or dots. The azobenzene molecules still integrated within the polymer film can be removed by washing the brush with water. The remaining nano-structured brush can then be re-used for further functionalization. Although the opto-mechanically induced rupturing occurs for all surfactants, larger species do not penetrate deep enough into the brush such that after rupturing a leftover layer of polymer material remains on the substrate. This indicates that rupturing occurs predominantly in regions of high surfactant density.zeige mehrzeige weniger

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Verfasserangaben:Alexey KopyshevORCiDGND, Nino Lomadze, David FeldmannORCiDGND, Jan Genzer, Svetlana SanterORCiDGND
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2015.09.023
ISSN:0032-3861
ISSN:1873-2291
Titel des übergeordneten Werks (Englisch):Polymer : the international journal for the science and technology of polymers
Verlag:Elsevier
Verlagsort:Oxford
Publikationstyp:Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Sprache:Englisch
Jahr der Erstveröffentlichung:2015
Erscheinungsjahr:2015
Datum der Freischaltung:27.03.2017
Freies Schlagwort / Tag:Azobenzene containing cationic surfactants; Opto-mechanically induced scission of; Photosensitive polymer brushes; polymer chains
Band:79
Seitenanzahl:8
Erste Seite:65
Letzte Seite:72
Fördernde Institution:VolkswagenStiftung, Germany; DFG [SA1657/8-1]; International Max Plan Research Graduate School on Multiscale Bio-systems (Potsdam, Germany); Helmholtz Graduate School on Macromolecular Bioscience (Teltow, Germany); National Science Foundation [DMR-1404639]
Organisationseinheiten:Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Biochemie und Biologie
Peer Review:Referiert
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