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Anal Chem

Title:		Gas adsorption gates based on ultrathin composite polymer films
Author(s):		Perez GP; Yelton WG; Cernosek RW; Simonson RJ; Crooks RM;
Address:		"Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, P.O. Box 30012, College Station, Texas 77842-3012, USA"
Journal Title:		Anal Chem
Year:		2003
Volume:		75
Issue:		14
Page Number:		3625 - 3630
DOI:		10.1021/ac0264473
ISSN/ISBN:		0003-2700 (Print) 0003-2700 (Linking)
Abstract:		"High surface area alumina coatings were prepared on surface acoustic wave (SAW) mass balances. These coatings were fabricated by anodic etching of evaporated aluminum films. The coatings consisted of roughly collinear pores penetrating through the monolithic alumina film. The nanoporous (NP) coatings were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, and the pore number density and diameter were found to be (3.8 +/- 0.5) x 10(3) pores/microm2 and 6.8 +/- 4.8 nm, respectively. The mass of volatile organic compounds that adsorbed onto naked and chemically modified NP alumina coatings was measured using SAW mass balances and compared to the mass absorbed onto SAW devices having planar aluminum coatings. Thirty-four times more heptane adsorbed to the naked NP coating than to the planar coating. The mass loading response was also measured after modification with organic thin films (3-12 nm thick) that spanned the pores of the NP coating. These organic thin films were composed of sixth-generation, amine-terminated poly(amido amine) dendrimers and poly(maleic anhydride)-c-poly(methyl vinyl ether) (Gantrez). The key result of this study is that these organic thin films modulate adsorption of VOCs onto the pore walls of the NP alumina. Specifically, a single 3-nm-thick monolayer of the dendrimer reduces permeability of the VOCs by approximately 17%, whereas a 12-nm-thick G6-NH2/Gantrez composite reduces permeability by 100%. Thus, the polymer composite acts as a nonselective gate that controls access of VOCs to the underlying surface area of the pores"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEPerez, Gregory P Yelton, W Graham Cernosek, Richard W Simonson, R Joseph Crooks, Richard M eng 2003/10/23 Anal Chem. 2003 Jul 15; 75(14):3625-30. doi: 10.1021/ac0264473"