화학공학소재연구정보센터
Langmuir, Vol.23, No.10, 5557-5562, 2007
Particle assembly on surface features (patterned surfaces)
Irreversible adsorption (deposition) of spherical particles on surface features of various shapes (collectors) was studied using the random sequential adsorption (RSA) model. The collectors in the form of linear line segments, semicircles, and circles were considered. Numerical simulation of the Monte Carlo type enabled one to determine particle configurations, the jamming coverage, and the end to end length of particle monolayers for various collector length (L) to particle size (d) ratio (L) over bar = L/d. It was revealed that the jamming coverage for linear collectors Theta'(infinity) increases for L > 2 according to a linear dependence with respect to 1/(L) over bar. For 2 > (L) over bar > 1, a parabolic dependence of Theta'(infinity) on 1/L was predicted, characterized by the maximum value of Theta'(infinity) 1.125 for L = 4/3. These dependencies allowed one to formulate an equation determining the length of nanostructures on surfaces if the averaged number of adsorbed particles is known. It was also predicted that the end to end length of the monolayer on a linear collector (Le)/L increased linearly with 1/(L) over bar for (L) over bar > 2. For 2 > (L) over bar > 1 the dependence of (Le)/L on (L) over bar was appromimated by a polynomial expression, exhibiting a maximum of (Le)/L = 1.17 for (L) over bar =.1.45. In the case of circular collectors, the jamming coverage are in agreement with our preliminary experimental data obtained for latex particles adsorbing on polyelectrolyte modified mica and on patterned surfaces obtained by a polymer-on-polymer stamping technique of gold covered silicon.