Adsorption of polyampholytes on charged surfaces
Soft Condensed Matter
2009-11-07 v2
Abstract
We have studied the adsorption of neutral polyampholytes on model charged surfaces that have been characterized by contact angle and streaming current measurements. The loop size distributions of adsorbed polymer chains have been obtained using atomic force microscopy (AFM) and compared to recent theoretical predictions. We find a qualitative agreement with theory; the higher the surface charge, the smaller the number of monomers in the adsorbed layer, in agreement with theory. We propose an original scenario for the adsorption of polyampholytes on surfaces covered with both neutral long-chain and charged short-chain thiols.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0202429,
title = {Adsorption of polyampholytes on charged surfaces},
author = {F. Ozon and J. -M. di Meglio and J. -F. Joanny},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0202429},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
11 pages, 17 figures, accepted for publication in EPJE