title: Adsorption of polyampholytes on charged surfaces.
abstract: We have studied the adsorption of neutral polyampholytes on model charged surfaces that have been characterized by contact angle and streaming current measurements. The loop size distributions of adsorbed polymer chains have been obtained using atomic-force microscopy (AFM) and compared to recent theoretical predictions. We find a qualitative agreement with theory; the higher the surface charge, the smaller the number of monomers in the adsorbed layer. We propose an original scenario for the adsorption of polyampholytes on surfaces covered with both neutral long-chain and charged short-chain thiols.
authors.affiliation: Institut Charles Sadron (CNRS UPR 022), 6 rue Boussingault, 67083 Strasbourg Cedex, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ozon
authors.forename: J-M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: di Meglio
authors.forename: J-F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Joanny