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CPP: Fachverband Chemische Physik und Polymerphysik
CPP 11: INTERNAL SYMPOSIUM Scattering Experiments II
CPP 11.4: Vortrag
Dienstag, 27. März 2007, 15:00–15:15, H37
Influence of spacer length and density on the vertical structures of supported membranes studied by neutron reflectivity — •Peter Seitz1, Oliver Purrucker2, Anton Förtig3, Raimund Gleixner4, Giovanna Fragneto5, Rainer Jordan3, and Motomu Tanaka1,2 — 1Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Germany — 2Physik-Department E22, Technische Universität München, Germany — 3Institut für Technische Chemie, Technische Universität München, Germany — 4Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany — 5Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France
We studied the structure of a new class of polymer-supported membranes, which are separated from the solid substrate via poly(2-methyl-2-oxazoline) spacers of defined length, functionalized with a surface coupling group and hydrophobic membrane anchors. The proximal leaflet was deposited via Langmuir-Blodgett transfer, followed by vesicle fusion to deposit the distal layer. Precise control of the polymer chain length and its lateral density enables the quantitative adjustment of the thickness and the viscosity of the polymer interlayer. Previously, we measured the membrane-substrate distance with fluorescence interference contrast microscopy (FLIC). To gain a deeper insight to the vertical structure of the membrane, we conducted specular neutron reflectivity experiments under a systematic variation of the spacer length and density, and calculated the static roughness and the volume fraction of water in the polymer interlayer.