摘要
Using ellipsometry, it is found the glass transition temperature of the spin-coated polyacrylamide （PAL） thin films on the supported silicon （Si） substrates with an oxide layer decreases with decreasing the film thickness. But Tgs of the as- prepared thin films are much higher than that of the bulk sample. Such observations can be attributed to the combined result of the ＂surface effect＂ and increased hydrogen bonding interaction between PAL chains due to spin coating/thin film confinement.
Using ellipsometry, it is found the glass transition temperature of the spin-coated polyacrylamide （PAL） thin films on the supported silicon （Si） substrates with an oxide layer decreases with decreasing the film thickness. But Tgs of the as- prepared thin films are much higher than that of the bulk sample. Such observations can be attributed to the combined result of the ＂surface effect＂ and increased hydrogen bonding interaction between PAL chains due to spin coating/thin film confinement.
基金
financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51173169 and 21004054)
the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars,State Education Ministry,Human Resources,and Social Security Bureau of Zhejiang Province,China and the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions,China(PAPD 1107037001)
