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Observation of the polystyrene swelling effect using quartz crystal microbalance

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Abstract

A polystyrene film can swell in contact with the buffer solution. It will affect the microstructure of PS during the contact and resulted in a frequency change of the QCM coated with polystyrene. Phosphate buffered saline and tris-hydrochloride solutions were used to observe the swelling behavior of 192 kDa PS coating annealed from 100 °C to 200 °C. The result showed that the frequency of QCM/PS in contact with the buffer solution was decreased. This result showed that the QCM could be used as a simple and low-cost system to observe a swelling effect of a PS film.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)18-23
Number of pages6
JournalMaterials Today: Proceedings
Volume13
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019
Event6th International Conference on Advanced Materials Science and Technology, ICAMST 2018 - Semarang, Indonesia
Duration: 9 Oct 201810 Oct 2018

Keywords

  • PBS
  • Polystyrene
  • QCM
  • Swelling
  • Tris-HCL

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