Xing, Xiaochen. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references. / Abstract also in Chinese. / Abstract (Chinese) --- p.i / Abstract --- p.iii / Contents --- p.v / Acknowledgement --- p.ix / Chapter Chapter1 --- Introduction and background / Chapter 1.1 --- Overview of Studies in Colloid-Polymer mixture --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Depletion Force in Colloid-Polymer Mixture --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2.1. --- Depletion Interaction in Monodisperse and Neutral Polymer-Colloid Mixtures: Theory --- p.3 / Chapter 1.2.1.1. --- An Exact Result: the Interaction between Parallel Plates due to Ideal Polymer Chains --- p.3 / Chapter 1.2.1.2. --- Penetrable Hard Sphere (PHS) Approach --- p.4 / Chapter 1.2.2. --- Early Experimental Findings of Depletion Interaction --- p.6 / Chapter 1.3 --- References and Notes --- p.8 / Chapter Chapter2 --- Principle of Total Internal Reflection Microscopy (TIRM) and Instrumentation / Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction of Total Internal Reflection Microscopy (TIRM) --- p.10 / Chapter 2.2 --- The Principle of TIRM Technique --- p.11 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Total Internal Reflection --- p.11 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Details on Scattering of the Evanescent Wave --- p.13 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Data Analysis --- p.16 / Chapter 2.3 --- Instrumentation --- p.20 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Apparatus --- p.20 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Optical Tweezer --- p.23 / Chapter 2.3.3 --- Cleaning of the Slide Surface --- p.24 / Chapter 2.3.4 --- A Typical Potential Energy Profile --- p.25 / Chapter 2.4 --- Laser Light Scattering (LLS) --- p.26 / Chapter 2.5 --- Zeta-potential Measurements --- p.27 / Chapter 2.6 --- References and Notes --- p.28 / Chapter Chapter3 --- Depletion Attraction between a Polystyrene Sphere and a Hydrophilic Surface in a Pluronic Aqueous Solution / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.30 / Chapter 3.2 --- Experimental Section --- p.34 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Sample Preparation --- p.34 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Total Internal Reflection Microscopy --- p.35 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Laser Light Scattering --- p.36 / Chapter 3.3 --- Results and Discussion --- p.37 / Chapter 3.4 --- Conclusion --- p.48 / Chapter 3.5 --- References and Notes --- p.50 / Chapter Chapter4 --- pH-Controllable Depletion Attraction Induced by Microgel Particles / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.53 / Chapter 4.2 --- Experimental Section --- p.54 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Sample Preparation --- p.54 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Total Internal Reflection Microscopy --- p.56 / Chapter 4.3 --- Results and Discussion --- p.58 / Chapter 4.4 --- Conclusion --- p.63 / Chapter 4.5 --- References and Notes --- p.64 / Publication List --- p.65
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_326840 |
| Date | January 2009 |
| Contributors | Xing, Xiaochen., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Chemistry. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, x, 65 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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