Comparison of adsorbed films of a polyvinylpyrrolidone copolymer with spread monolayers

The adsorption of a polyvinylpyrrolidone-polyvinyl acetate graft copolymer from solution was studied by surface pressure measurement. Adsorption from the dilute solutions was slow, limited, in part, by diffusion of polymer molecules to the surface. When absorbed monolayers were compressed on a surface balance, the resulting surface pressure values paralled those of a spread monolayer, strongly suggesting that the structures of adsorbed and spread monolayers are the same.