Ultrathin Surface Chemistry to Delay Anion Fouling

Ruben Machado; Christophe Blaszykowski; Sonia Sheikh; Yoshinori Suganuma; Michael Thompson

doi:10.1002/cplu.201500027

Ultrathin Surface Chemistry to Delay Anion Fouling

Chempluschem. 2015 Jun;80(6):911-914. doi: 10.1002/cplu.201500027. Epub 2015 Feb 26.

Authors

Ruben Machado¹, Christophe Blaszykowski², Sonia Sheikh¹, Yoshinori Suganuma¹, Michael Thompson^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3H6 (Canada), Fax: (+1) 416 978 8775.
² Econous Systems Inc. 80 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3H6 (Canada).
³ Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, 164 College Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3G9 (Canada).

PMID: 31973268
DOI: 10.1002/cplu.201500027

Abstract

The unwanted fouling of surfaces by ionic adsorption has received little research attention. In this context, ultrathin organic adlayer surface chemistry-featuring monoethylene glycol based molecular residues-is described that is capable of noticeably decreasing the rate of anion depletion from solution. The strategy is exemplified with glass as the substrate material and fluoride as the anion foulant.

Keywords: antifouling; ethylene glycol; fluoride ion; hydrogels; nanometric coating.

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