| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 72, Number 5, December 2005
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 844 - 850 | |
| Section | Interdisciplinary physics and related areas of science and technology | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2005-10316-7 | |
| Published online | 03 November 2005 | |
Adsorption energies of single charged polymers
1
DEAS and Department of Physics, Harvard University Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
2
Center for Nanoscience, LMU München - Geschwister-Scholl Platz 1 80799 München, Germany
3
Physik Department, TU München - 85748 Garching, Germany
Received:
6
July
2005
Accepted:
6
October
2005
We peel off cationic and anionic polyelectrolytes from different substrates (cationic, hydrophobic and metallic) with the atomic force microscope (AFM). By varying the salt concentration, the measured plateau forces can be separated into electrostatic and non-electrostatic contributions to the adsorption energy. Surprisingly, i) the non-electrostatic contribution dominates even for highly charged substrates, and ii) hydrophobic substrates act like negatively charged surfaces. In the theoretical modeling the surface-induced charge regulation of the polymers has to be included.
PACS: 87.16.Ac – Theory and modeling; computer simulation / 87.16.Dg – Membranes, bilayers, and vesicles / 87.68.+z – Biomaterials and biological interfaces
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