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Plasma Polymer Layers with Primary Amino Groups for Immobilization of Nano- and Microparticles

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The assembly of nano- and micro-scale building blocks on surface has been the focus of intense interest in materials science for years. In this work, (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES) carrying one primary amino group was deposited on various substrate surfaces using the plasma polymerization method. The key plasma parameters i.e. pressure and power were varied to obtained the highest density of primary amino groups. The influence of such parameters on the characteristics of deposited layers (e.g. chemical structure, adhesion strength, growth rate, etc.) was systemically investigated using various characterization methods such as XPS, FTIR, ellipsometry and so on. Meanwhile, three types of particles (AuNPs, zeolites and gold@zeolites) with sizes from nano- to submicro-range were synthesized and further used as model building blocks. Subsequently, the prepared particles were deposited onto cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) substrate surfaces, which were pre-functionalized by deposition of the plasma polymer layer using the parameters of pressure = 1.0 mbar and power = 30 W. The results confirmed the formation of membrane structures consisting of highly packed particles on the COC surface, and such immobilized structures showed high stability against flowing water, evidencing the good immobilization ability of deposited APTES layers with amino groups.

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Acknowledgements

The authors acknowledge support from National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant 51801164) and France’s “Agence Nationale de la Recherche” (ANR) under the grant MicroCat. Besides, this work is jointly supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grants XDJK2018C001, SWU117009) and Venture and Innovation Support Program for Chongqing Overseas Returnees (Grant cx2018080).

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  1. Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, School of Materials and Energy, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, People’s Republic of China

    Xi Rao

  2. CNRS, Chimie ParisTech, Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris, PSL University, 75005, Paris, France

    Xi Rao, Cédric Guyon, Mengxue Zhang, Stephanie Ognier & Michaël Tatoulian

  3. Chongqing Key Laboratory of Soft-Matter Material Chemistry and Function Manufacturing, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, People’s Republic of China

    Xi Rao

  4. Physico-chimie des Electrolytes et Nanosystèmes Interfaciaux, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, 75005, Paris, France

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Rao, X., Abou Hassan, A., Guyon, C. et al. Plasma Polymer Layers with Primary Amino Groups for Immobilization of Nano- and Microparticles. Plasma Chem Plasma Process 40, 589–606 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11090-019-10056-z

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