Swelling behavior of self-assembled monolayers of alkanethiol-terminated 
poly(ethylene glycol): a neutron reflectometry study

Fick, J.; Steitz, R.; Leiner, V.; Tokumitsu, S.; Himmelhaus, M.; Grunze, Michael

doi:10.1021/la049526d

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Swelling behavior of self-assembled monolayers of alkanethiol-terminated poly(ethylene glycol): a neutron reflectometry study

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Grunze, Michael
Cellular Biophysics, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Max Planck Society;

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Fick, J., Steitz, R., Leiner, V., Tokumitsu, S., Himmelhaus, M., & Grunze, M. (2004). Swelling behavior of self-assembled monolayers of alkanethiol-terminated poly(ethylene glycol): a neutron reflectometry study. Langmuir, 20(10), 3848-3853. doi:10.1021/la049526d.

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The swelling behavior of alkanethiol-terminated poly(ethylene glycol) with an average molecular weight of 2180 Da (i.e., approximately 45 ethylene glycol, EG, units) in contact with water was investigated by neutron reflectometry as a function of the morphology of the PEG-SH layer. Amorphous films at a low grafting density show significant swelling with an increase of the film thickness from approximately 25 A in the dry state to approximately 70 A in contact with D2O, which corresponds to a total water uptake of approximately 38 mass %. In contrast, quasi-crystalline monolayers exhibit only a small amount of water penetrating into the film (approximately 8 mass %) with a corresponding change of the layer thickness from approximately 110 to approximately 125 A. The water uptake per EG unit corresponds to the literature value of 1.5 for the amorphous layer and to only 0.25 in the case of the quasi-crystalline film.