Hydrogen-Bonding-Directed Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Poly(4-vinylpyridine) and Poly(4-vinylphenol): Effect of Solvent Composition on Multilayer Buildup
- 4 September 2004
- journal article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Langmuir
- Vol. 20 (21), 9366-9370
- https://doi.org/10.1021/la048685u
Abstract
This paper describes the buildup of hydrogen-bonding-directed poly(4-vinylpyridine)/poly(4-vinylphenol) (PVPy/PVPh) multilayer film that was fabricated by layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly of PVPy and PVPh from an ethanol solution. UV−visible spectroscopy and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy revealed a uniform deposition process. The interaction between PVPy and PVPh was identified as hydrogen bonding through FT-IR spectroscopy and temperature-dependent IR spectral changes of the hydrogen-bonded multilayer. Notably, we discussed the effect of solvent conditions on the growth of PVPy/PVPh multilayer films monitored by UV−visible spectroscopy. It was found that increasing the ratio of N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) in the mixed ethanol/DMF solvents resulted in a marked decrease of the amount of polymers adsorbed, which was attributed to the increased polarity of the adsorption solutions. Furthermore, the solvent stability of PVPy/PVPh multilayer film in mixed ethanol/DMF solvents with different DMF ratios was also investigated. As a result, a new method for tuning the structure of hydrogen-bonding-directed multilayer film was developed.Keywords
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