TY - JOUR
T1 - Structure of biodegradable films at aqueous surfaces
T2 - X-ray diffraction and spectroscopy studies of polylactides and tyrosine-derived polycarbonates
AU - Wang, Wenjie
AU - Murthy, N. Sanjeeva
AU - Kuzmenko, Ivan
AU - Anderson, Nathaniel A.
AU - Vaknin, David
PY - 2013/9/10
Y1 - 2013/9/10
N2 - Three representative polymers of increasing modulus, poly(d,l-lactic acid), PDLLA, poly(desaminotyrosyl-tyrosine ethyl ester carbonate), PDTEC, and the same polymer with iodinated DTE segments, PI2DTEC, were characterized by surface-pressure versus area (Π-A) isotherms and surface sensitive X-ray diffraction techniques. Films of 10-100 Å thickness were prepared for these studies by spreading dilute polymer solutions at air-water interfaces. The general properties of the isotherms and the Flory exponents, determined from the isotherms, vary in accordance with the increasing modulus of PDLLA, PDTEC, PI2DTEC, respectively. The analysis of in situ X-ray reflectivity and grazing incidence X-ray diffraction (GIXD) measurements from films at aqueous surfaces provides a morphological picture that is consistent with the modulus of the polymers, and to a large extent, with their packing in their dry-bulk state. Large absorption of X-rays by iodine enabled X-ray spectroscopic studies under near-total-reflection conditions to determine the iodine distribution in the PI2DTEC film and complement the structural model derived from reflectivity and GIXD. These structural studies lay the foundation for future studies of polymer-protein interactions at aqueous interfaces.
AB - Three representative polymers of increasing modulus, poly(d,l-lactic acid), PDLLA, poly(desaminotyrosyl-tyrosine ethyl ester carbonate), PDTEC, and the same polymer with iodinated DTE segments, PI2DTEC, were characterized by surface-pressure versus area (Π-A) isotherms and surface sensitive X-ray diffraction techniques. Films of 10-100 Å thickness were prepared for these studies by spreading dilute polymer solutions at air-water interfaces. The general properties of the isotherms and the Flory exponents, determined from the isotherms, vary in accordance with the increasing modulus of PDLLA, PDTEC, PI2DTEC, respectively. The analysis of in situ X-ray reflectivity and grazing incidence X-ray diffraction (GIXD) measurements from films at aqueous surfaces provides a morphological picture that is consistent with the modulus of the polymers, and to a large extent, with their packing in their dry-bulk state. Large absorption of X-rays by iodine enabled X-ray spectroscopic studies under near-total-reflection conditions to determine the iodine distribution in the PI2DTEC film and complement the structural model derived from reflectivity and GIXD. These structural studies lay the foundation for future studies of polymer-protein interactions at aqueous interfaces.
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U2 - 10.1021/la401268s
DO - 10.1021/la401268s
M3 - Article
C2 - 23919814
SN - 0743-7463
VL - 29
SP - 11420
EP - 11430
JO - Langmuir
JF - Langmuir
IS - 36
ER -