Elucidation of molecular structures at buried polymer interfaces and biological interfaces using sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy

C Zhang, JN Myers, Z Chen - Soft matter, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Sum frequency generation (SFG) vibrational spectroscopy has been developed into an
important technique to study surfaces and interfaces. It can probe buried interfaces in situ …

Disentangling origins of adhesive bonding at interfaces between epoxy/amine adhesive and aluminum

K Akaike, Y Shimoi, T Miura, H Morita, H Akiyama… - Langmuir, 2023 - ACS Publications
Joining metals by adhesive bonding is essential in widespread fields such as mobility,
dentistry, and electronics. Although adhesive technology has grown since the 1920s, the …

Sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy for characterization of buried polymer interfaces

C Zhang - Applied Spectroscopy, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy (SFG-VS) has become one of the most
appealing technologies to characterize molecular structures at interfaces. In this focal point …

Studying polymer surfaces and interfaces with sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy

X Lu, C Zhang, N Ulrich, M **ao, YH Ma… - Analytical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Usually a surface or an interface is well-defined with little diffusion from one side of the
surface or interface to the other, with the length scale being on the order of one to several …

Synergistic Assembly of Charged Oligomers and Amino Acids at the Air–Water Interface: An Avenue toward Surface-Directed CO2 Capture

UI Premadasa, N Kumar, Z Zhu… - … Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Interfaces are considered a major bottleneck in the capture of CO2 from air. Efforts to design
surfaces to enhance CO2 capture probabilities are challenging due to the remarkably poor …

Hydrogen-bond-driven chemical separations: Elucidating the interfacial steps of self-assembly in solvent extraction

AU Chowdhury, L Lin, B Doughty - ACS applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Chemical separations, particularly liquid extractions, are pervasive in academic and
industrial laboratories, yet a mechanistic understanding of the events governing their …

Ion pairing and molecular orientation at liquid/liquid interfaces: Self-assembly and function

L Lin, AU Chowdhury, YZ Ma, RL Sacci… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Molecular orientation plays a pivotal role in defining the functionality and chemistry of
interfaces, yet accurate measurements probing this important feature are few, due, in part, to …

Molecular insights into adhesion at a buried silica-filled silicone/polyethylene terephthalate interface

T Lin, Y Wu, E Santos, X Chen, D Ahn, C Mohler… - Langmuir, 2020 - ACS Publications
Silicone adhesives are widely used in many important applications in aviation, automotive,
construction, and electronics industries. The mixture of (3-glycidoxypropyl) trimethoxysilane …

Polyurethane covalently modified polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) coating with increased surface energy and re-coatability

Z Sun, J Wen, W Wang, H Fan, Y Chen, J Yan… - Progress in Organic …, 2020 - Elsevier
In the present study, with 2-Allyloxyethanol-terminated polyurethane (AEPU) and allyloxy
(polyethylenene oxide) methyl ether-graft-polymethylhydrosiloxane (PMHS-g-AEM) as …

Insight into the mechanisms driving the self-assembly of functional interfaces: moving from lipids to charged amphiphilic oligomers

AU Chowdhury, GJ Taylor, V Bocharova… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Polymer-stabilized liquid/liquid interfaces are an important and growing class of bioinspired
materials that combine the structural and functional capabilities of advanced synthetic …