Adsorption Properties of Silica towards Poly(Ethylene Oxide) as a Function of pH Studied by Spin-Labelling
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H. Hommel
Poly(ethylene oxide) chains spin labelled at their free end were adsorbed on amorphous silica and put into contact with buffers of different pH. The Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectrum has a shape very sensitive to the Brownian motion of the free radical and exhibits composite lines characteristic of two environments: loops and tails protruding into solution with a fast motion; trains adsorbed on the solid surface with a restricted motion. Both components were analysed and the rotational correlation times and the two populations of labels were plotted as a function of pH and temperature. The chains are progressively desorbed as both increase due to the weaker hydrogen bounding with the reactive silanol groups present at the surface. Therefore a molecular picture of the chains at the interface can be gained.
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