TY - JOUR A1 - Altmann, Korinna A1 - Schulze, Rolf-Dieter A1 - Friedrich, Jörg Florian T1 - Polymer deposition morphology by electrospray deposition - Modifications through distance variation JF - Thin solid films N2 - Electrospray deposition (ESD) of highly diluted polymers was examined with regard to the deposited surface structure. Only the flight distance (flight time) onto the resulting deposited surface was varied from 20 to 200 mm. An apparatus without any additional heating or gas flows was used. Polyacrylic acid (PAA) and polyallylamine (PAAm) in methanol were deposited on Si wafers. The polymer layers were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, derivatization reactions and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy using a grazing incidence unit. SEM images illustrated the changing structures of PAA and PAAm. For PAA the deposited structure changed from a smooth film (20 mm) to a film with individual droplets on the coated surface (100 mm and 200 mm), while for PAAm individual droplets can be seen at all distances. The ESD process with cascades of splitting droplets slows down for PAA after distances greater than 40 mm. In contrast, the ESD process for PAAm is nearly stopped within the first flight distance of 20 mm. Residual solvent analysis showed that most of the solvent evaporated within the first 20 mm capillary-sample distance. KW - Electrospray ionization KW - Electrospray deposition KW - Ultra-thin layers KW - Capillary-sample distance KW - Residual solvent PY - 2014 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2014.06.020 SN - 0040-6090 VL - 564 SP - 269 EP - 276 PB - Elsevier B.V. CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-31252 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -