Abstract
A poly acrylic acid (PAA) film has been fabricated on a quartz crystal microbalance to study the dynamic property changes induced by different pH values. The experiment has been performed by a two-step. First, using the self-assembly procedure, the gold surface of quartz crystal was chemically modified to allow the graft copolymerization with PAA. Secondly, the resonant frequency response of the PAA-modified QCM was investigated by varying the pH values. The result shows an interesting oscillation property change nearby pH 5.5, and a possible mechanism for the change is proposed considering the oscillation properties of quartz crystal and the physical properties of PAA. Finally, a polymer film complex of PAA/collagen was also used to confirm the proposed mechanism.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 221/585-228/592 |
| Journal | Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals |
| Volume | 492 |
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| State | Published - 2008 |
Keywords
- Collagen
- pH effect
- Poly(acrylic acid)
- QCA
- QCM