کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
594630 1453988 2011 6 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
A theoretical study of colloidal forces near amphiphilic polymer brushes
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی شیمی شیمی کلوئیدی و سطحی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
A theoretical study of colloidal forces near amphiphilic polymer brushes
چکیده انگلیسی

Polymer-based “non-stick” coatings are promising as the next generation of effective, environmentally friendly marine antifouling systems that minimize non-specific adsorption of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS). However, design and development of such systems are impeded by the poor knowledge of polymer-mediated interactions of biomacromolecules with the protected substrate. In this work, a polymer density functional theory (DFT) is used to predict the potential of mean force between spherical biomacromolecules and amphiphilic copolymer brushes within a coarse-grained model that captures essential non-specific interactions such as the molecular excluded volume effects and the hydrophobic energies. The relevance of theoretical results for practical control of the EPS adsorption is discussed in terms of the efficiency of different brush configurations to prevent biofouling. It is shown that the most effective antifouling surface may be accomplished by a good balance of the polymer chain length and the grafting density.

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► Colloidal forces due to amphiphilic copolymer brushes are predicted by DFT.
► The coarse-grained model captures essential nonspecific interactions.
► The theoretical results are relevant to practical control of EPS adsorption.
► Also discussed is the efficiency of different brush configurations to prevent biofouling.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects - Volume 384, Issues 1–3, 5 July 2011, Pages 115–120
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