Free-standing polymer

Immobilization of the bilayer membranes as thin solid films is required when the bilayer membranes are used as novel functional materials. Casting method is a simple way to immobilize the bilayer membrane on a solid support from an aqueous solution by drying. Polymer film is easily prepared when the cast film of polymerizable bilayer membrane is polymerized. A free standing polymer film prepared by photo polymerization of the cast film of diacetylene amphiphiles was reported by O Brien and co-workers [34]. Composition with macromolecular materials is another way of polymer film preparation. Bilayer membranes are immobilized as polymer composites by the following physical methods ... 

Porous metal films, such as Pt or Au, can be deposited on free-standing polymer membranes or on polymer films on an electrode surface by chemical reduction or by evaporation in vacuum. For example, a porous film of Pt can be deposited on a Nafion... 

Xavier, J. H., Pu, Y, Li, C., Rafailovich, M. H., and Sokolov, J., Transition of linear to exponential hole growth modes in thin free-standing polymer films. Macromolecules, 37,1470-1475... 

Minimize the area of free standing polymer electrolyte films. 

Redundant aperturing overcomes these problems and ensures high-quality data from free-standing polymer films, from small inclusions in polymer films, and from laminates composed of thin films. 

Jain, T.S. de Pablo, J.J. Monte Carlo simulation of free-standing polymer films near the glass transition temperature. Macromolecules 2002, 35 (6), 2167-2176. 

To attach the free standing polymer film to any commercial (office) tape ensuring proper adhesion (Fig. 4g) and to apply mechanical pressure with a rounded surface during enough time and with proper mechanical pressure to ensure the proper attachment (Fig. 4h). 

Si L, Massa MV, Dalnoki-Veress K, Brown HR, Jones RAL. Shear deformation in thin free-standing polymer films as a probe of entanglement in confined systems. Phys Rev Lett 2005 94 127801. 

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