Electronic polymers porous film

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Diffusion coefficient of the substrate (Dg) and diffusion coefficient of the electron-exchange (D ) were calculated from cyclic and disk current voltammograms by using the Koutecky-Levich equation and Fick s first law (14, 15) (Table II). Dg in the polymer domains was estimated as 10 - 10 cm /sec, much smaller than in solution (10 cm /sec). Dg is affected by charge density of the polymer domain, e.g., the diffusion of cations is suppressed in the positively charged domain composed of cationic polyelectrolyte, while anions moves faster. A larger Dg value was observed, of course, for the porous film and not for the film with high density. On the other hand, Dg in the polymer domain was also very small, i.e. 10" - 10" cm /sec. This may be explained as follows. An electron-transfer reaction always alters the... 

To understand the release mechanism, cryomicrotomy was used to slice 10 m-thick sections throughout the matrices. Viewed under an optical microscope, polymer films cast without proteins appeared as nonporous sheets. Matrices cast with proteins and sectioned prior to release displayed areas of either polymer or protein. Matrices initially cast with proteins and released to exhaustion (e.g., greater than 5 months) appeared as porous films. Pores with diameters as large as 100 /xm, the size of the protein particles, were observed. The structures visualized were also confirmed by Nomarski (differential interference contrast microscopy). It appeared that although pure polymer films were impermeable to macromolecules (2), molecules incorporated in the matrix dissolved once water penetrated the matrix and were then able to diffuse to the surface through pores created as the particles of molecules dissolved. Scanning electron microscopy showed that the pores were interconnected (7). 

Figure 11.17 Equivalent circuit of the conducting polymer fUm on an inert electrode surface. The model assumes a compact film on the metal surface with semiconducting properties in the neutral state (/ 5( and C q) and a porous film towards the electrolyte with electron resistance and ion resistance and a Faraday capacitance Cp. is the electrolyte resistance.

Structure (1-100 (itn). An acidreactive modification of the polymer blend film converted part of the organic template to a sUica network through exposure to precursor vapors. The impact of the polymer blend composition on the structure of the porous silica films was examined with the stmcture of the porous silica films determined using X-ray diffraction (XRD), SEM, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), spectroscopic ellipsometry (SE), and ellipsometric porosimetry (EP). 

The next two examples illustrate more complex surface reaction chemistry that brings about the covalent immobilization of bioactive species such as enzymes and catecholamines. Poly [bis (phenoxy)-phosphazene] (compound 1 ) can be used to coat particles of porous alumina with a high-surface-area film of the polymer (23). A scanning electron micrograph of the surface of a coated particle is shown in Fig. 3. The polymer surface is then nitrated and the arylnitro groups reduced to arylamino units. These then provided reactive sites for the immobilization of enzymes, as shown in Scheme III. 

J.-S. Yang and T.M. Swager, Fluorescent porous polymer films as TNT chemosensors electronic and structural effects, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 120 11864-11873, 1998. 

Fig. 3 Top Schematic representation of porous polymer films allowing for analyte docking. Bottom Band diagram depicting quenching resulting from electron transfer from PPE to TNT.

Polymers of MMA, AAc, and MAA were grafted onto an ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fiber surface after pretreatment with electron beam irradiation [31]. Sundell et al. [32] pretreated a PE film with electron beams to facilitate the graft polymerization of vinyl benzylchloride onto the substrate. The inner surface of porous PE hollow fiber had also been modified by grafting of glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) polymer after electron beam irradiation [33]. 

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