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dc.contributor.authorStark, Rüdiger
dc.date.accessioned2007-08-28T09:23:30Z
dc.date.available2007-08-28T11:23:30Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.identifier.urihttps://openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de/handle/20.500.12030/3378-
dc.description.abstractIn this work the surface layer formation in polymer melts and in polymer solutions have been investigated with the atomic force microscope (AFM). In polymer melts, the formation of an immobile surface layer results in a steric repulsion, which can be measured by the AFM. From former work it is know, that polydimethyl siloxane (PDMS) forms a stable surface layer for molecular weights above 12 kDa. In the present thesis, polyisoprene (PI) was investigated apart from PDMS, by a)measuring the steric surface interactions and b)measuring the surface slip in hydrodynamic experiments. If a polymer flows over a surface, the flow velocity at the surface is larger then zero. If case of a surface layer formation the flow plane changes to the top of the adsorbed layer and the surface slip is reduced to zero. By measuring the surface slip in hydrodynamic experiments, it is therefore possible to determine the presence of a stable surface layer. The results show no stable repulsion for PI and only a small decrease of the surface slip. This indicates that PI does not form a stable surface layer, but is only adsorbed weakly to the surface. Furthermore for 8 kDa PDMS the timescale of the formation of a surface layer was investigated by changing themaximal force the tip applied to the surface. With a repulsive force present, applying a higher force than 15 nN resulted in a destruction of the surface layer, indicated by attractive forces. Reducing the applied force below 15 nN then resulted in an increase of the repulsion to the former state during one minute, thus indicating that a surface layer can be formed within one minute even under the influence of continuous measurements. As a next step, mixtures of two PDMS homopolymers with different chain lengths have been investigated. The aim was to verify theoretical predictions that shorter chains should predominate at the surface due to their smaller loss in conformational entropy. The measurements where done in dependence of the volume fractions of short and long chain PMDS. The results confirmed the short chain dominance for all mixtures with less then 90 vol.% long chain PDMS. Surface layer formation in solution was investigated for superplasticizers which are industrially used as an additive to cement. They change the surface interaction between the cement grains from attractive to repulsive and the freshlymixed cement paste therefore becomes liquid. The aimin this part of the thesis was, to investigate cement particle interactions in a close to real environment. Therefore calcium silicate hydrate phases have been precipitated onto an AFM tip and onto a calcite crystal and the interaction between these surfaces have beenmeasured with and without addition of superplasticizers. The measurements confirmed the change from attraction to repulsion upon addition of superplasticizers. The repulsive steric interaction increased with the length of the sidechain of the superplasticizer, and the dependence of the range of the steric interactions on the sidechain length indicated that the sidechains are in a coiled conformation.en_GB
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dc.rightsInCopyrightde_DE
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dc.subject.ddc540 Chemiede_DE
dc.subject.ddc540 Chemistry and allied sciencesen_GB
dc.titleSurface layer formation in polymer melts and in solutionsen_GB
dc.typeDissertationde_DE
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:hebis:77-13688
dc.identifier.doihttp://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-3376-
jgu.type.dinitypedoctoralThesis
jgu.type.versionOriginal worken_GB
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jgu.organisation.departmentFB 09 Chemie, Pharmazie u. Geowissensch.-
jgu.organisation.year2007
jgu.organisation.number7950-
jgu.organisation.nameJohannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz-
jgu.rights.accessrightsopenAccess-
jgu.organisation.placeMainz-
jgu.subject.ddccode540
opus.date.accessioned2007-08-28T09:23:30Z
opus.date.modified2007-08-28T09:23:30Z
opus.date.available2007-08-28T11:23:30
opus.subject.otherRasterkraftmikroskopie, Polymerschmelze, Zement, Zementverflüssigerde_DE
opus.subject.otheratomic force microscopy, polymer melt, cement, superplaticizeren_GB
opus.organisation.stringFB 09: Chemie, Pharmazie und Geowissenschaften: FB 09: Chemie, Pharmazie und Geowissenschaftende_DE
opus.identifier.opusid1368
opus.institute.number0900
opus.metadataonlyfalse
opus.type.contenttypeDissertationde_DE
opus.type.contenttypeDissertationen_GB
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