Precise Control of Polydopamine Film Formation by Electropolymerization. Issue 1 (December 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Stöckle, Bettina; Ng, David Yuen Wah; Meier, Christoph; Paust, Tobias; Bischoff, Fabian; Diemant, Thomas; Behm, Rolf Jürgen.; Gottschalk, Kay‐E.; Ziener, Ulrich; Weil, Tanja; Lendlein, Andreas; Domb, Abraham J.
• Is Part Of: Macromolecular symposia. Volume 346:Issue 1(2014)
• Page Start: 73
• Page End: 81
• Publication Date: 2014-12
• Subjects: Macromolecules -- Congresses; Polymers -- Congresses; Polymerization -- Congresses; Macromolecules -- Periodicals; Polymers -- Periodicals; Polymerization -- Periodicals; 547.705
• DOI: 10.1002/masy.201400130
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1022-1360

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en"> <title>Summary</title> <sec id="masy201400130-sec-0001" sec-type="section"> <p>Dopamine offers the possibility to build polymer films on any substrates <italic>via</italic> an oxidative process. This redox process cannot only be used for self‐oxidation in air, but also in an electrochemical deposition process using cyclic voltammetry. Electropolymerization provides the opportunity to customize film thicknesses on surfaces detectable by X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). The topography and nanomechanical properties of the films have been characterized in liquid <italic>via</italic> AFM. Electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance (EQCM) allows the determination of the deposited polymer quantities during the polymerization process and the ultra‐thin films have been detected by attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR‐FTIR).</p> </sec> </abstract>