Preparation and resistivity study of silver nanocomposite films using spin-assisted layer-by-layer assembly

2008 ◽  
Vol 40 (12) ◽  
pp. 1523-1528 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhizhong Feng ◽  
Fengyuan Yan
Polymer ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 51 (18) ◽  
pp. 4127-4139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor H. Orozco ◽  
Veronika Kozlovskaya ◽  
Eugenia Kharlampieva ◽  
Betty L. López ◽  
Vladimir V. Tsukruk

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 1026-1035 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viatcheslav Vertlib ◽  
Marianne Dietiker ◽  
Michael Plötze ◽  
Lee Yezek ◽  
Ralph Spolenak ◽  
...  

This paper presents a spin-coating layer-by-layer assembly process to prepare multilayered polyelectrolyte-clay nanocomposites. This method allows for the fast production of films with controlled layered structure. The preparation of a 100-bilayer film with a thickness of about 330 nm needs less than 1 h, which is 20 times faster than conventional dip-coating processes maintaining the same hardness and modulus values. For validation of this technique, nanocomposite films with thicknesses up to 0.5 μm have been created with the common dip self-assembly and with the spin coating layer-by-layer assembly technique from a poly(diallyldimethylammonium)chloride (PDDA) solution and a suspension of a smectite clay mineral (Laponite). Geometrical characteristics (thickness, roughness, and texture) as well as mechanical characteristics (hardness and modulus) of the clay-polyelectrolyte films have been studied. The spin-coated nanocomposite films exhibit clearly improved mechanical properties (hardness 0.4 GPa, elastic modulus 7 GPa) compared to the “pure” polymer film, namely a sixfold increase in hardness and a 17-fold increase in Young’s modulus.


2006 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 582-586 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ling-de ZHOU ◽  
Yu-hua YAN ◽  
Hai-hu YU ◽  
Er-dan GU ◽  
De-sheng JIANG

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