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Novel Applications of the QCM Technique in Biomaterials Science

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Candida Costa Silva ,
David C Lin ,
Iren Horkayne-Szakaly ,
Peter J Basser  and
Ferenc Horkay
Candida Costa Silva
Affiliation:
silvaca@mail.nih.gov, National Institutes of Health, Section on Tissue Biophysics and Biomimetics, 9 Memorial Drive, Building 9, Room 1E118, Bethesda, MD, 20892, United States
David C Lin
Affiliation:
lindavid@mail.nih.gov, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, United States
Iren Horkayne-Szakaly
Affiliation:
ih23a@nih.gov, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, United States
Peter J Basser
Affiliation:
pjbasser@helix.nih.gov, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, United States
Ferenc Horkay
Affiliation:
horkay@helix.nih.gov, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, United States
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Abstract

A quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) has been used to investigate polymer samples. The vapor sorption of three different polymer samples (poly(vinyl acetate), polybutadiene and polydimethylsiloxane) was studied. The change in resonance frequency of the quartz sensor uniformly coated with polymer films was measured as a function of the film thickness and water absorption at different temperatures. The range of linear frequency vs. mass response was determined in the absence of absorbed water. The glass transition temperature of thin poly(vinyl acetate) films (10 nm <thickness< 1000 nm) was found to be in reasonable agreement with published values for macroscopic samples.

Keywords

polymerbiomaterialabsorption
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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1060: Symposium LL – Bioinspired Polymer Gels and Networks , 2007 , 1060-LL03-06
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2008

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