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Tuning the electrochemical swelling of polyelectrolyte multilayers toward nanoactuation

Zahn, Raphael; Vörös, János; Zambelli, Tomaso (2014). Tuning the electrochemical swelling of polyelectrolyte multilayers toward nanoactuation. Langmuir, 30(40):12057-12066.

Abstract

We discuss physicochemical determinants of electrochemical polyelectrolyte multilayer swelling that are relevant to actuator usage. We used electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring (EC-QCM-D) and cyclic voltammetry to compare the electrochemical swelling of two types of ferrocyanide-containing polyelectrolyte multilayers, poly(l-glutamic acid)/poly(allylamine hydrochloride) (PGA/PAH), and carboxymethyl cellulose/poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) (CMC/PDDA). We showed that ferrocyanide oxidation causes the swelling of PGA/PAH multilayers whereas it results in the contraction of CMC/PDDA multilayers. This behavior can be attributed to the presence of a positive and a negative Donnan potential in the case of PGA/PAH and CMC/PDDA multilayers, respectively. Using multilayers consisting of PGA and poly(allylamine) ferrocene (PGA/PAH-FC), we applied EC-QCM-D and demonstrated potentiostatic thickness control with nanometer precision and showed that the multilayer’s thickness depends linearly on the applied potential within a certain potential range.

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:04 Faculty of Medicine > Institute of Biomedical Engineering
Dewey Decimal Classification:170 Ethics
610 Medicine & health
Scopus Subject Areas:Physical Sciences > General Materials Science
Physical Sciences > Condensed Matter Physics
Physical Sciences > Surfaces and Interfaces
Physical Sciences > Spectroscopy
Physical Sciences > Electrochemistry
Language:English
Date:2014
Deposited On:15 Dec 2014 15:18
Last Modified:12 Jul 2025 01:36
Publisher:American Chemical Society
ISSN:0743-7463
OA Status:Closed
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/la503051n
PubMed ID:25229875
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