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Direct measurement of depletion force between two surfaces with total internal reflection microscopy.

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

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_326840
Date January 2009
ContributorsXing, Xiaochen., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Chemistry.
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish, Chinese
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, x, 65 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
RightsUse 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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