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We report a surface analytical study of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) microparticles (beads) with a grafted shell of poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) with thicknesses up to 4 nm using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS), and near-edge X-ray adsorption fine structure (NEXAFS) spectroscopy. These polymer microparticles were analyzed before and after reaction of the surface carboxyl (CO2H) groups with 2,2,2-trifluoroethylamine (TFEA) to gain a better understanding of methods with use of covalently bound probe molecules for surface group analysis. The results obtained with chemical derivatization XPS using TFEA are discussed in terms of surface quantification of reactive CO2H groups on these PAA-coated microparticles. A labeling yield of about 50% was found for TFEA-derivatized particles with amounts of surface-grafted CO2H groups of 99 µmol/g or more, which is consistent with predicted reaction yields for homogeneously dispersed PAA hydrogels.
Biosensors are of essential importance in medical and biological diagnostics. Often, they are produced using silane chemistry on glass or silicon oxide surfaces.
However, controlling that silane chemistry is challenging. Here, we present an alternative strategy to form functional organic layers and biosensors on silicon Nitride (Si3N4). H-terminated Si3N4 films are used to generate reactive azide groups by various azidation methods. Biomolecular probes can then be immobilized using click chemistry reactions with the azide groups and due to its high sensitivity in XPS a fluorine-substituted test alkyne was utilized to optimize click chemistry conditions. After that a biotinylated alkyne was clicked to Si3N4 surfaces followed by immobilization of streptavidin as analyte in a model assay. The functionalized surfaces were thoroughly characterized by surface chemical analysis using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and near edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS)spectroscopy.
In Near Edge X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure (NEXAFS) spectroscopy X-Ray photons are used to excite tightly bound core electrons to low-lying unoccupied orbitals of the system. This technique offers insight into the electronic structure of the system as well as useful structural information. In this work, we apply NEXAFS to two kinds of imidazolium based ionic liquids ([CnC₁im]⁺[NTf₂]⁻ and [C₄C₁im]⁺[I]⁻). A combination of measurements and quantum chemical calculations of C K and N K NEXAFS resonances is presented. The simulations, based on the transition potential density functional theory method (TP-DFT), reproduce all characteristic features observed by the experiment. Furthermore, a detailed assignment of resonance features to excitation centers (carbon or nitrogen atoms) leads to a consistent interpretation of the spectra.
Interfaces provide the structural basis for function as, for example, encountered in nature in the membrane-embedded photosystem or in technology in solar cells. Synthetic functional multilayers of molecules cooperating in a coupled manner can be fabricated on surfaces through layer-by-layer self-assembly. Ordered arrays of stimulus-responsive rotaxanes undergoing well-controlled axle shuttling are excellent candidates for coupled mechanical motion. Such stimulus-responsive surfaces may help integrate synthetic molecular machines in larger systems exhibiting even macroscopic effects or generating mechanical work from chemical energy through cooperative action. The present work demonstrates the successful deposition of ordered mono- and multilayers of chemically switchable rotaxanes on gold surfaces. Rotaxane mono- and multilayers are shown to reversibly switch in a coupled manner between two ordered states as revealed by linear dichroism effects in angle-resolved NEXAFS spectra. Such a concerted switching process is observed only when the surfaces are well packed, while less densely packed surfaces lacking lateral order do not exhibit such effects.
Room temperature ionic liquids (RTIL) are composed of ions only and are defined as molten salts with a melting point below 100°C1. They have numerous interesting physical properties such as high thermal stability, a wide liquid range and a tuneable viscosity. Besides their low melting points they have also a very low vapour pressure, which enables their analysis in ultra high vacuum devices such as XPS2, 3 and ToF-SIMS2, 4. A systematic study with different ionic liquids was carried out by means of time-of-fight secondary-ion-mass-spectrometry in positive and negative ion mode. Thereby a variation of the anion in 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium based ionic liquids, a variation of the cation including a variation of the side chain length, in bis(triuoromethylsulfonyl)imide based ionic liquids was taken into account. The compounds were measured under bismuth cluster ion (Bi7+) bombardment, and spectral information and general rules for the fragmentation pattern are presented. Evidence for cation-anion interactions (e.g. hydrogen bonding), due to high molecular secondary cluster ions, could be found. The interaction strength could be estimated by ToF-SIMS via correlation of the secondary anion intensity to secondary cluster ion intensity ratio with donor and acceptor numbers.
Static secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) has become a major analytical technique for the analysis of solid surfaces. In the last years it has also been used for the analysis of liquid/frozen surfaces from ionic liquids1-5. However, the mechanism for the emission of secondary ions has not been investigated so far, especially for the state of the art liquid metal ion guns (LMIG), such as the Bi or the BiMn LMIGs. These sources are not only able to provide monoatomic primary ions, but also singly and doubly charged polyatomic primary ion cluster. This new development has led to the investigation of the primary ion particle to specific parameters in order to determine the capabilities of such LMIGs on different target samples. To further the principle understanding of secondary ion emission, a systematic study using Bi1-7+ and Bi1,3,5,7++ primary ions on ionic liquids with considerably different strength of inter-ionic interactions was performed. As model samples the ionic liquids 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate ([C4C1im][Ac] and [C4C1im][PF6]) were used. To compare spectra or the performance of primary ion particles on substances or substance classes, the SIMS data were evaluated by calculating secondary ion yields, static SIMS limit, disappearing cross section, ion formation efficiency and fragmentation.
Covalent modification of surfaces with carbohydrates (glycans) is a prerequisite for a variety of glycomics-based biomedical applications, including functional biomaterials, glycan-arrays, and glycan-based biosensors. The chemistry of glycan immobilization plays an essential role in the bioavailability and function of surface bound carbohydrate moieties. For biomedical applications the stability over time (shelf life) of a glycan-array is a crucial factor. Basic requirements for the production of microarrays are first of all stable signals without any loss of quality. Therefore, the investigation of the shelf life for carbohydrate microarrays is an important part in the development of glycan-arrays.
Motivated by the need of reliable quality control for glycan microarrays, we developed reference arrays using fluorescent model glycans. Since the long term stability of glycan microarrays is a crucial factor for their clinical application the shelf life at different storage conditions of glycan microarrays was studied in detail using the two model glycan compounds.
Herein, we present a shelf life study of model glycan microarrays on epoxy modified glass surfaces over a period of 320 days. This was carried out using different analyzing techniques such as Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (ToF-SIMS), X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) and Fluorescence Spectroscopy. To analyze and interpret the ToF-SIMS dataset the multivariate technique principal component analysis (PCA) was used. The dependence of the array´s shelf life upon storage conditions was specifically studied.