LbL deposition

Multiple-enzyme conversion of CO2 to formate, then formaldehyde, then methanol by FateDH, FaldDH, and ADH Enzymes loaded in CaC03 followed by LbL deposition and dissolution of core, then encapsulation into a gel bead... 

DKR of secondary alcohols with acidic zeolite (for racemization) and enzyme (CALB) (for esterification) LbL deposition onto zeolite itself... 

Sonochemical methods have been used by the Cordoba de Torresi group to prepare Ni(OH)2, Co(OH)2 and mixed Ni/Co hydroxide NPs [33, 34]. For the sonochemical synthesis, the appropriate metal nitrate was mixed with ammonium hydroxide solutions and then sonochemically irradiated for various times. This produced about 5-nm diameter metal-hydroxide NPs that were then immobilized at ITO surfaces using a LbL approach with poly(allylamine) hydrochloride (PAH). In one study, the electrochromic behavior of the LbL deposits was compared with that of bulk deposits... 

Towards fabrication of SWNT-based molecular electronic devices, two methods have been used to assemble the 03-SWNTs on functionalized SAMs of OPEs, as shown in Figure 5.10. The first, termed chemical assembly , is based on a condensation reaction between the carboxylic acid functionalities of O3-SWNTs and the amine functionalities of SAMs to form amides. The results show that O3 -SWNTs coat the amino-terminated SAM with a high degree of surface coverage. The second method is based on physical adsorption via layer-by-layer (LBL) deposition with bridging of metal cations, i.e., Fe3+ on carboxylate terminated SAMs or Cu2+ on thiol-terminated SAMs. The oxidatively shortened 03 -SWNTs are shown to be perpendicular to the surface with random adsorption of longer tubes. The patterned nanotube assemblies may be useful in hybridized electronic devices, where device functions can be modified by the orientation and stacking of SWNTs, and the properties of the SAM. 

Besides ruthenium complexes, rhenium complexes were also used as the photosensitizers in photovoltaic cells. Bulk heterojunction photovoltaic cells fabricated from sublimable rhenium complexes exhibited a power conversion efficiency of 1.7%.75,76 The same rhenium complex moiety was incorporated into conjugated polymer chains such as polymer 16a c (Scheme 9). Fabrication of devices based on conjugated rhenium containing polymers 17a c and SPAN by the LbL deposition method was reported.77 The efficiencies of the devices are on the order of 10 4%. 

Fig. 10 Example of a contact-killing and microbe-releasing surface. The scheme shows the design of a two-level dual-functional antibacterial coating containing both quarternary ammonium salts and silver. The coating process begins with LbL deposition of a reservoir made of bilayers of PAH and PAA. (A) Cap region made of bilayers of PAH and SiC>2 nanoparticles (NP) is added to the top. (B) The SiC>2 nanoparticle cap is modified with a quarternary ammonium silane (QAS) PEM polyelectrolyte multilayer. (C) Ag+ is loaded into the coating using the available unreacted carboxylic acid groups in the LbL multilayers. Scheme was reproduced from [138]...

Detailed SEM studies of the LbL deposited films show that the surface coverage of the polymer layer by the NCs layer, deposited on it, is incomplete (approximately... 

The pH sensitivity of halloysite can be enhanced by using retardant polymers, a cationic coating for the formation of a pH-sensitive polyelectrolyte shell on the nanotubes after their saturation with corrosion inhibitor. To equip the halloysite nanotubes with controlled release properties, the surface of the nanotubes was first loaded with benzotriazole and subsequently modified by LbL deposition of two polyelectrolyte bilayers, thus blocking the tubes openings with polyelectrolytes. 

To make the containers sensitive to IR laser light, preformed silver nanoparticles were directly incorporated into the polyelectrolyte shell. For this purpose, AgNPs were added into solutions of polyelectrolytes for LbL deposition and hence fixed between the polyelectrolyte layers. The AFM images of the resultant nanocontainer-impregnated him showed a uniform distribution of the containers over the coating, with the concentration of the silica containers equalling 107 containers per meter squared. 

Fig. 1.15 Multilayer polymeric shells surrounding CNTs by a layer-by-layer (LBL) deposition of oppositely charged polyelectrolytes.

Layer-by-layer (LBL) deposition has become one of the major techniques to fabricate multilayer films. It was introduced by Decher in the form of alternate deposition of cationic and anionic polyelectrolytes [56-58]. This so-called electrostatic self-assembly process dominates the research in this area. However, more recently alternative driving forces have been employed, such as hydrogen bonding, coordination bonding, charge-transfer interactions, and covalent bonding. Since this review concerns the formation, functionaliza-... 

Apart from the formation of ultrathin surface-attached PEL-PEL complexes it is very interesting whether the PEL brushes can be also used for the formation of PEL multilayer assemblies. The so-called layer-by-layer (LBL) technique is a simple and powerful method to form well-defined multilayered structures [80]. For the formation of such multilayer assemblies the brushes are dipped alternately into polyelectrolyte solutions, one consisting of a positively charged polyelectrolyte, the other of a negatively charged polyelectrolyte. It is usually assumed that in this LBL deposition process the driving force for each monolayer formation is charge overcompensation [81, 82]. The stability of the multilayered system formed by LBL process in different environments is one of the limitations of this process. Since the attachment of the first layer depends solely on the interaction of... 

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