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Creating Two-Dimensional Patterned Substrates for Protein and Cell Confinement
Published on: September 6, 2011
長い距離の構造的秩序,モアレのパターン,ラテックスで安定した泡の虹彩
Syuji Fujii1, Anthony J Ryan, Steven P Armes
1Department of Chemistry, Dainton Building, University of Sheffield, Brook Hill, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S3 7HF, United Kingdom. s.fujii@chem.oit.ac.jp
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|June 15, 2006
まとめ
安定した,ステリカルに安定したポリスティレンの泡は簡単に作ることができます. これらの泡は,従来のエージェントによって安定させられたものとは異なり,乾燥後も無傷のままであり,セキュリティインクに潜在的な可能性を秘めています.
科学分野:
- マテリアルサイエンス 材料科学
- コロイドと表面の化学
背景:
- 従来の泡には,特に乾燥後に,長期の安定性が欠けていることが多い.
- ナトリウムドデシル硫酸塩またはポリ (N-ビニルピロリドン) のような安定剤は,頑丈な泡の構造には不十分である可能性があります.
研究 の 目的:
- 安定性の高い泡の容易な生成を調査する.
- マイクロメートルの大きさで,ステリカルに安定したポリシュチレン (PS) ラテックス粒子によってのみ安定化された泡を調査するために.
- これらのPSで安定した泡の安定性と性質を評価するために.
主な方法:
- ステリカルに安定したポリシュチレンラテックス粒子を用いて泡の製造.
- 濡れた状態と乾いた状態での安定性試験.
- スキャニング電子顕微鏡 (SEM) と光学顕微鏡を含む顕微鏡技術.
主要な成果:
- PSラテックス粒子が安定させた泡は,例外的な安定性を発揮し,1年以上にわたって湿った状態で生き残り,乾燥後に無傷のまま残りました.
- 乾燥により,PS粒子の六角的に密集した配列が明らかになり,高 koloid 安定性を示しました.
- 光学顕微鏡では,長距離順序で明確に定義されたラテックス二重層が示され,局所化されたモエールパターンが形成されました.
- 乾燥した泡は,色度が高く,応用の可能性を示唆した.
結論:
- ステリカルに安定したポリシュチレンラテックス粒子は,従来の剤と比較して,泡に優れた安定性を提供します.
- 乾燥したPS安定泡の秩序ある構造は,それらのユニークな光学特性に寄与する.
- これらの安定した,虹彩の泡は,セキュリティインクやコーティングの応用に有望である.
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