November 2018

Meet us at MRS Fall 2018 this week

Got questions about AFM probes that you’ve always wantend to ask? You’re welcome to pass by NanoAndMore USA booth no. 610 at the 2018 MRS Fall Exhibit this week and meet NanoWorld CEO Manfred Detterbeck there.

NanoWorld AFM probes CEO Manfred Detterbeck at NanoAndMore USA booth no. 610 at MRS Fall 2018 — NanoWorld CEO Manfred Detterbeck at NanoAndMore USA booth no. 610 at MRS Fall 2018

Direct observation of dynamic interaction between a functional group in a single SBR chain and an inorganic matter surface

In the article “Direct observation of dynamic interaction between a functional group in a single SBR chain and an inorganic matter surface” Ken-ichi Shinohara and Yuu Makida use atomic force microscopy (AFM) video imaging to closely investigate the behaviour of functionalized and unmodified styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR), as models for tire rubber, on mica surfaces.

“Using AFM video imaging, we tracked the behavior of individual SBR polymer chains on mica surfaces to reveal how polymer modification affects the interaction of SBR with mica surfaces. We measured the diffusion coefficients and spring constants of single SBR polymer chains for the first time, demonstrating that it is possible to parameterize the relationship between the molecular dynamic structure of a polymer and rubber properties of the vulcanized compound.”*

NanoWorld Ultra-Short Cantilevers (USC) for Fast-/High-Speed AFM ( USC-F1.2-k0.15 ) were used

Figure 3 from “Direct observation of dynamic interaction between a functional group in a single SBR chain and an inorganic matter surface” by Ken-ichi Shinohara & Yuu Makida: (A) Single-molecule imaging of the structure of two isolated polymer chains of carboxyl-functionalized styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) on mica under n-octylbenzene at 25 ± 1 °C (Movie S5). Snapshot AFM image of a fast-scanning atomic force microscopy (AFM) movie; X: 200 nm, Y: 150 nm, Z: 7.2 nm. Rate: 5.0 fps. (B) A snapshot of all-atom MD simulated structure of a single chain of carboxyl-functionalized SBR (CPK model) in n-octylbenzene as a solvent. Dynamic globular (ball-like) structures were formed partially in a SBR chain. The position of carboxyl group was indicated by an arrow. The backbone was displayed in purple. Solvent molecules are indicated by line model and hydrogen atoms are omitted for simplified to view. NanoWorld USC-F1.2-k0.15 AFM probes were used — Figure 3 from “*Direct observation of dynamic interaction between a functional group in a single SBR chain and an inorganic matter surface*” by Ken-ichi Shinohara & Yuu Makida: (A) Single-molecule imaging of the structure of two isolated polymer chains of carboxyl-functionalized styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) on mica under n-octylbenzene at 25 ± 1 °C (Movie S5). Snapshot AFM image of a fast-scanning atomic force microscopy (AFM) movie; X: 200 nm, Y: 150 nm, Z: 7.2 nm. Rate: 5.0 fps. (B) A snapshot of all-atom MD simulated structure of a single chain of carboxyl-functionalized SBR (CPK model) in n-octylbenzene as a solvent. Dynamic globular (ball-like) structures were formed partially in a SBR chain. The position of carboxyl group was indicated by an arrow. The backbone was displayed in purple. Solvent molecules are indicated by line model and hydrogen atoms are omitted for simplified to view.

*Ken-ichi Shinohara & Yuu Makida
Direct observation of dynamic interaction between a functional group in a single SBR chain and an inorganic matter surface
Nature Scientific Reports, volume 8, Article number: 13982 (2018)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-32382-6

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Effective gamma-ray sterilization and characterization of conductive polypyrrole biomaterials

“Conductive polymers, including polypyrrole (PPy), have been extensively explored to fabricate electrically conductive biomaterials for bioelectrodes and tissue engineering scaffolds. For their in vivo uses, a sterilization method without severe impairment of original material properties and performance is necessary. Gamma-ray radiation has been commonly applied for sterilization of medical products because of its simple and uniform sterilization without heat generation.[…]”*

In the article “Effective gamma-ray sterilization and characterization of conductive polypyrrole biomaterials” by Semin Kim et. al cited here, the authors describe the first study on gamma-ray sterilization of PPy bioelectrodes and its effects on their characteristics.

The surface topography and roughness of the PPy and γ-PPy electrodes were analyzed by atomic force microscopy. The experiments were performed using a NanoWorld Pointprobe® NCHR AFM probe. All images were acquired at a 0.3 Hz scan rate in tapping mode.

Figure 2 from “Effective gamma-ray sterilization and characterization of conductive polypyrrole biomaterials”: (a) Atomic force micrographs of PPy and γ-PPy samples irradiated with different doses of gamma-ray. (b) Average roughness (root mean square) of PPy and γ-PPy samples. NanoWorld Pointprobe NCHR AFM probes were used for the imaging. — Figure 2 from “Effective gamma-ray sterilization and characterization of conductive polypyrrole biomaterials”: (a) Atomic force micrographs of PPy and γ-PPy samples irradiated with different doses of gamma-ray. (b) Average roughness (root mean square) of PPy and γ-PPy samples.

*Semin Kim, Jin-Oh Jeong, Sanghun Lee, Jong-Seok Park, Hui-Jeong Gwon, Sung In Jeong, John George Hardy, Youn-Mook Lim, Jae Young Lee
Effective gamma-ray sterilization and characterization of conductive polypyrrole biomaterials
Nature Scientific Reports, volume 8, Article number: 3721 (2018)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-22066-6

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Open Access: The article “Effective gamma-ray sterilization and characterization of conductive polypyrrole biomaterials” by Semin Kim et. al is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.