Millisecond-resolved infrared spectroscopy study of polymer brush swelling dynamics

We present the study of millisecond-resolved polymer brush swelling dynamics using infrared spectroscopy with a custom-built quantum cascade laser-based infrared spectrometer at a 1 kHz sampling rate after averaging. By cycling the humidity of the environment of the polymer brush, we are able to measure the swelling dynamics sequentially at different wavenumbers. The high sampling rate provides us with information on the reconformation of the brush at a higher temporal resolution than previously reported. Using spectroscopic ellipsometry, we study the brush swelling dynamics as a reference experiment and to correct artefacts of the infrared measurement approach. This technique informs on the changes in the brush thickness and refractive index. Our results indicate that the swelling dynamics of the polymer brush are poorly described by Fickian diffusion and the Berens-Hopfenberg formalism, pointing toward more complicated underlying transport..

Medienart:

Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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arXiv.org - (2024) vom: 16. Apr. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jorissen, Koen F. A. [VerfasserIn]
Veldscholte, Lars B. [VerfasserIn]
Odijk, Mathieu [VerfasserIn]
de Beer, Sissi [VerfasserIn]

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Physics - Chemical Physics
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Physics - Mesoscopic Systems and Quantum Hall Effect
Physics - Soft Condensed Matter

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XAR043282741