Charge Reversal of Sulfate Latex Particles by Adsorbed Linear Poly(ethylene imine) Probed by Multiparticle Colloidal Probe Technique

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• 作者：Marco Finessi ; Prashant Sinha ; Istva虂n Szila虂gyi ; Ionel Popa ; Plinio Maroni ; Michal Borkovec
• 刊名：Journal of Physical Chemistry B
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：July 28, 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：115
• 期：29
• 页码：9098-9105
• 全文大小：938K
• 年卷期：v.115,no.29(July 28, 2011)
• ISSN：1520-5207

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Interactions between negatively charged latex particles in the presence of cationic linear poly(ethylene imine) (LPEI) were studied with atomic force microscopy (AFM) and electrophoresis. Forces were measured directly with the recently developed multiparticle colloidal probe technique, which permits colloidal particles to attach to the cantilever in aqueous dispersions in situ and ensures a large surface area during experiment. It was observed that the forces vary from repulsive to attractive and back to repulsive with increasing polymer dose. The repulsive forces are due to overlap of the diffuse layers around charged surfaces. The attractive forces are independent of the ionic strength and the molecular mass of the polymer and can be rationalized in terms of classical van der Waals interactions. Additional electrostatic attractive forces due to patch-charge heterogeneities observed in other particle鈥損olyelectrolyte systems are absent here. Their absence indicates that the adsorbed layer of LPEI has a high lateral homogeneity.