Surface sliding friction of negatively charged polyelectrolyte gels

Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces. 2007 Apr 15;56(1-2):296-302. doi: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2006.10.034. Epub 2006 Nov 10.

Abstract

The friction between two polyelectrolyte gels carrying the same or opposite sign of charges has been investigated using a rheometer. It is found that the friction was strongly dependent on the interfacial interaction between two gel surfaces. In the repulsive interaction case, especially, the friction was extremely low. The friction behavior is attempted to be described in terms of the hydrodynamic lubrication of the solvent layer between two like-charged gel surfaces, which is formed due to the electrostatic repulsion of the two gel surfaces. From the theoretical analysis (hydrodynamic mechanism), the friction behaviors were explained qualitatively, all of the experimental results, nevertheless, could not be understood well. The viscoelastic feature of the gel and the non-Newtonian behavior of water at the friction interface are considered to be important to elucidate the gel friction.

MeSH terms

  • Acrylamides / chemistry
  • Alkanesulfonates / chemistry
  • Cross-Linking Reagents / chemistry
  • Electrolytes / chemistry*
  • Friction
  • Gels / chemistry*
  • Polymers / chemical synthesis*
  • Polymers / chemistry
  • Shear Strength
  • Sulfonic Acids / chemical synthesis*
  • Sulfonic Acids / chemistry
  • Surface Properties
  • Time Factors
  • Water / chemistry

Substances

  • Acrylamides
  • Alkanesulfonates
  • Cross-Linking Reagents
  • Electrolytes
  • Gels
  • Polymers
  • Sulfonic Acids
  • Water
  • poly(2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid)
  • 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonate
  • N,N'-methylenebisacrylamide