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Adhesion of grafted-to polyelectrolyte brushes functionalized with calix[4]resorcinarene and deposited as a monolayer

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Abstract

Polyelectrolyte adhesives, either poly[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate] or poly(methacrylic acid), functionalized with a surface-active calix[4]resorcinarene were grafted onto silicon wafers. Adhesion studies on these grafted-to brushes using polyelectrolyte hydrogels of opposite charge showed that it is the calix[4]resorcinarene, rather than adsorption of polyelectrolyte monomers, that adheres the brush to the silicon substrate. The adhesion measured was similar to that measured using polymers grafted from the surface, and was stronger than a control layer of poly(vinyl acetate) under the same test conditions. The limiting factor was determined to be adhesive failure at the hydrogel-brush interface, rather than the brush-silicon interface. Therefore, the adhesion has not been adversely affected by changing from a grafted-from to a grafted-to brush, demonstrating the possibility of a one-pot approach to creating switchable adhesives.


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Author(s): Seddon WD, Alfhaid L, Dunbar ADF, Geoghegan M, Williams NH

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Langmuir

Year: 2020

Volume: 36

Issue: 46

Pages: 13843-13852

Print publication date: 24/11/2020

Online publication date: 10/11/2020

Acceptance date: 02/11/2020

Date deposited: 12/11/2020

ISSN (print): 0743-7463

ISSN (electronic): 1520-5827

Publisher: American Chemical Society

URL: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c02236

DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c02236


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