Poly(ethylene oxide) thin films produced by electrospray deposition: morphology control and additive effects of alcohols on nanostructure

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• 作者：Morota ; Kenji ; Matsumoto ; Hidetoshi ; Mizukoshi ; Tomoya ; Konosu ; Yuichi ; Minagawa ; Mie ; Tanioka ; Akihiko ; et. al.
• 关键词：Electrospray deposition ; Poly(ethylene oxide) ; Nanostructure ; Scanning electron microscopy
• 刊名：Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
• 出版年：2004
• 出版时间：November 15, 2004
• 年：2004
• 卷：279
• 期：2
• 页码：484-492
• 全文大小：1.50 M

文摘

Nanostructured thin films were prepared by electrospray deposition (ESD) from poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) aqueous solution. The surface morphologies of the deposited films were observed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The SEM images revealed the correlations between the morphologies and the ESD conditions. By changing the applied voltage and solution properties such as viscosity, surface tension, conductivity, and molecular weight, PEO thin films with diverse nanostructures—from nanospheres to nanofibers—were fabricated. It was also revealed that the addition of alcohols to polymer solution, which enables simultaneously changing the viscosity, the surface tension, and the conductivity, enhanced the formation of the fibrous structure. These results indicate that the ESD method is potentially a useful option for producing nanoengineered polymer surface.