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Briscoe, Wuge H.
University of Bristol
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- 2022Interfacial complexation of a neutral amphiphilic ‘tardigrade’ co-polymer with a cationic surfactant
- 2022Interfacial complexation of a neutral amphiphilic ‘tardigrade’ co-polymer with a cationic surfactant: Transition from synergy to competitioncitations
- 2022Interfacial complexation of a neutral amphiphilic ‘tardigrade’ co-polymer with a cationic surfactant: Transition from synergy to competitioncitations
- 2022Interfacial complexation of a neutral amphiphilic ‘tardigrade’ co-polymer with a cationic surfactant:Transition from synergy to competition
- 2021Heads or tails:Nanostructure and molecular orientations in organised erucamide surface layerscitations
- 2021Friction at nanopillared polymer surfaces beyond Amontons' laws:Stick-slip amplitude coefficient (SSAC) and multiparametric nanotribological propertiescitations
- 2021Friction at nanopillared polymer surfaces beyond Amontons' lawscitations
- 2021Heads or tailscitations
- 2020Mixed liposomes containing gram-positive bacteria lipidscitations
- 2020Interactions between PAMAM dendrimers and DOPC lipid multilayerscitations
- 2020Synergy, competition, and the “hanging” polymer layer:Interactions between a neutral amphiphilic ‘tardigrade’ comb co-polymer with an anionic surfactant at the air-water interfacecitations
- 2020Synergy, competition, and the “hanging” polymer layer: Interactions between a neutral amphiphilic ‘tardigrade’ comb co-polymer with an anionic surfactant at the air-water interfacecitations
- 2020Multiscale characterisation of single synthetic fibres:Surface morphology and nanomechanical propertiescitations
- 2020Interactions between PAMAM dendrimers and DOPC lipid multilayers:Membrane thinning and structural disordercitations
- 2019Bénard-Marangoni Dendrites upon Evaporation of a Reactive ZnO Nanofluid Dropletcitations
- 2018Surface structure of few layer graphenecitations
- 2017Interfacial and structural characteristics of polyelectrolyte multilayers used as cushions for supported lipid bilayerscitations
- 2016Influence of solvent polarity on the structure of drop-cast electroactive tetra(aniline)-surfactant thin filmscitations
- 2016Influence of solvent polarity on the structure of drop-cast electroactive tetra(aniline)-surfactant thin filmscitations
- 2016Structure of lipid multilayerscitations
- 2016Structure of lipid multilayers:Via drop casting of aqueous liposome dispersionscitations
- 2016Hydrophilic nanoparticles stabilising mesophase curvature at low concentration but disrupting mesophase order at higher concentrationscitations
- 2016Stability of polymersomes prepared by size exclusion chromatography and extrusioncitations
- 2014In situ X-ray reflectivity studies of molecular and molecular-cluster intercalation within purple membrane filmscitations
- 2014In situ X-ray reflectivity studies of molecular and molecular-cluster intercalation within purple membrane filmscitations
- 2011Lamellar nanocomposite films of purple membrane and poly(acrylate)
- 2010Assembly of poly(methacrylate)/purple membrane lamellar nanocomposite films by intercalation and in situ polymerisationcitations
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Heads or tails
Abstract
Hypothesis: Despite the widespread industrial usage of erucamide as a slip additive to modify polymer surface properties, a controversy appears to have persisted regarding the nanostructure of erucamide surface layers, particularly the molecular orientation at the outermost layer. The erucamide nanostructure and molecular orientation, along with its surface coverage, hydrophobicity, and adhesive response, can be tuned by simply varying the erucamide concentration in the solution from which the spin coated layer is prepared.<br/><br/>Experiments: Synchrotron X-ray reflectivity (XRR) allowed a comprehensive characterisation of the out-of-plane structural parameters (e.g. molecular packing and thickness) of the erucamide layers prepared via spin coating from nonaqueous solution on silica. Complementary Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) imaging with high lateral resolution revealed localised in-plane structures. Contact angle measurements provided information on the wettability of erucamide-coated surfaces. Peak Force Quantitative Nanomechanical Mapping (QNM) allowed a correlation between the erucamide nanostructure with the surface nanomechanical properties (i.e. adhesive response). <br/><br/>Findings: Our results reveal erucamide surface nanostructures on silica as patchy monolayers, isolated circular bilayers/rounded rectangle-like aggregates and overlapping plate-like multilayers as the erucamide concentration in the spin coating solution was varied. In all the cases, XRR and AFM results were consistent with the picture that the erucamide tails were oriented outwards. The QNM adhesion force mapping of all the observed morphologies also supported this molecular orientation at the outermost erucamide monolayer. The wettability study further confirmed this conclusion with the observed increase in the surface hydrophobicity and coverage upon increasing erucamide concentration, with the macroscopic water contact angle = 92.9° ± 2.9° at the highest erucamide concentration of 2 wt%.<br/>