Dependence of Structural Forces in Polyelectrolyte Solutions on Charge Density: A Combined AFM/SAXS Study

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Qu, Dan ; Baigl, Damien ; Williams, Claudine E. ; Möhwald, Helmuth ; Fery, Andreas:
Dependence of Structural Forces in Polyelectrolyte Solutions on Charge Density: A Combined AFM/SAXS Study.
In: Macromolecules. Vol. 36 (2003) Issue 18 . - pp. 6878-6883.
ISSN 1520-5835
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/ma034305k

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We have investigated the structural forces in aqueous, salt-free, semidilute solutions of partially sulfonated polystyrene (PSS) of various charge fractions f using colloidal probe atomic force microscopy and small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). Near interfaces, we find an exponentially damped oscillatory force-distance characteristic whose period d corresponds to the characteristic length of the density fluctuations in bulk. d scales with monomer concentration C as d ) d0CR, where R varies progressively from -0.51 for fully charged PSS to -0.31 for the lowest charge fraction investigated. This can be explained by changes in the polyelectrolyte configuration as the charge is reduced, due to the hydrophobic nature of the backbone. The decay length λ of the force is in all cases proportional to C -1/2 and is closely matching the range of positional correlations extracted from the SAXS data. The amplitude A of the force is proportional to the effective charge (feff) of the polyelectrolyte.

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Item Type:	Article in a journal
Refereed:	Yes
Institutions of the University:	Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Chemistry Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Chemistry > Former Professors > Chair Physical Chemistry II - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Andreas Fery Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Chemistry > Chair Physical Chemistry II Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Chemistry > Former Professors
Result of work at the UBT:	No
DDC Subjects:	500 Science > 500 Natural sciences 500 Science > 530 Physics 500 Science > 540 Chemistry
Date Deposited:	09 Dec 2014 08:14
Last Modified:	28 Jul 2023 09:11
URI:	https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/4053