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Karen K. Gleason. Baxamusa, Salmaan Husain Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Chemical Engineering. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemical Engineering 2010-04-28T17:04:42Z 2010-04-28T17:04:42Z 2009 2009 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/54581 568401723 Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, 2009. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references. Photoinitiated chemical vapor deposition (piCVD) is developed as a simple, solventless, and rapid method for the deposition of swellable hydrogels and functional hydrogel copolymers. Mechanistic experiments show that piCVD is predominantly a surface reaction, allowing it to coat non-planar geometries such as particles. The process is gentle enough to coat delicate optical sensors without degrading their function. Chemically functional hydrogels can be synthesized by incorporating a comonomer, and this functionality can be nanoconfined to the near surface region. Random amphiphilic copolymer films deposited via piCVD represent a novel polymer film system, and these surfaces present molecular-scale compositional heterogeneities that interfere with protein adsorption events. Also described is the mechanism by which thin films form on non-planar geometries via initiated chemical vapor deposition (iCVD) . The conformality of these films in microtrenches is assessed and an analytical model is developed in order to quantify the sticking probability of the initiating radical. Mechanistic insight from these experiments is used to predict the conformality based on the fractional saturation of the monomer vapor. by Salmaan Husain Baxamusa. Ph.D. 128 p. eng Massachusetts Institute of Technology M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 Chemical Engineering. Photoinitiated chemical vapor depostion [sic] : mechanism and applications Photoinitiated chemical vapor deposition : mechanism and applications Thesis application/pdf false Publication unknown unknown <Publication xmlns="https://www.openaire.eu/cerif-profile/1.1/" id="59ff03af-e1f0-4d73-afca-29755798dbc8"> <Type xmlns="https://www.openaire.eu/cerif-profile/vocab/COAR_Publication_Types">http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_1843</Type> <Language>eng</Language> <Title>Photoinitiated chemical vapor depostion [sic] : mechanism and applications</Title> <Subtitle>Photoinitiated chemical vapor deposition : mechanism and applications</Subtitle> <PublishedIn> <Publication> </Publication> </PublishedIn> <PublicationDate>2009</PublicationDate> <Authors> <Author> <DisplayName>Baxamusa, Salmaan Husain</DisplayName> <Affiliation> <OrgUnit> </OrgUnit> </Affiliation> </Author> </Authors> <Editors> </Editors> <Publishers> <Publisher> <DisplayName>Massachusetts Institute of Technology</DisplayName> <OrgUnit /> </Publisher> </Publishers> <License>http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582</License> <Keyword>Chemical Engineering.</Keyword> <Abstract>Photoinitiated chemical vapor deposition (piCVD) is developed as a simple, solventless, and rapid method for the deposition of swellable hydrogels and functional hydrogel copolymers. Mechanistic experiments show that piCVD is predominantly a surface reaction, allowing it to coat non-planar geometries such as particles. The process is gentle enough to coat delicate optical sensors without degrading their function. Chemically functional hydrogels can be synthesized by incorporating a comonomer, and this functionality can be nanoconfined to the near surface region. Random amphiphilic copolymer films deposited via piCVD represent a novel polymer film system, and these surfaces present molecular-scale compositional heterogeneities that interfere with protein adsorption events. Also described is the mechanism by which thin films form on non-planar geometries via initiated chemical vapor deposition (iCVD) . The conformality of these films in microtrenches is assessed and an analytical model is developed in order to quantify the sticking probability of the initiating radical. Mechanistic insight from these experiments is used to predict the conformality based on the fractional saturation of the monomer vapor.</Abstract> <Access xmlns="http://purl.org/coar/access_right" > </Access> </Publication>