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Dapeng Wang¹, Chunlin He, Mark P Stoykovich

¹Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder , Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States.

|January 27, 2015

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Polymer chains on nanopillar surfaces show unusual, intermittent movement. Their diffusion patterns change with pillar height, revealing insights into transport on patterned surfaces.

Keywords:

CTRW obstructed diffusion polymer single-molecule fluorescence imaging surface diffusion

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Area of Science:

Surface science
Polymer physics
Nanotechnology

Background:

Understanding interfacial transport is crucial for nanotechnology.
Polymer diffusion on surfaces is influenced by surface topography.
Nanopillar arrays present complex environments for molecular motion.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the diffusion dynamics of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) chains.
To analyze the effect of nanopillar surface topography on polymer diffusion.
To elucidate the mechanisms of anomalous diffusion at liquid-solid interfaces.

Main Methods:

High-throughput single-molecule tracking was employed to monitor PEG chain movement.
Experiments were conducted on hydrophobic surfaces patterned with hexagonally arranged nanopillars of varying heights.
Kinetic Monte Carlo simulations of continuous-time random walk (CTRW) were used for data analysis.

Main Results:

PEG chains exhibited anomalous diffusion characterized by intermittent motion (immobilization and hopping).
This behavior was consistent with continuous-time random walk (CTRW) associated with desorption-mediated surface diffusion.
Diffusion became more subdiffusive with longer waiting times as nanopillar height increased.
Simulations incorporating permeable obstacles accurately described the observed trajectories, linking permeability to obstacle height.

Conclusions:

Nanotopography significantly alters interfacial polymer diffusion, leading to anomalous transport behaviors.
Continuous-time random walk (CTRW) models effectively capture diffusion dynamics in the presence of surface obstacles.
The findings offer new perspectives on molecular transport mechanisms on nanotopographically patterned surfaces.