In this paper, a series of fluorinated amphiphilic copolymers composed of 2-perfluorooctylethyl methacrylate (FMA) and 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) monomers were prepared, and their surface properties and antifouling performance were investigated. Bovine serum albumin (BSA) and human plasma fibrinogen (HFg) were used as model proteins to study protein adsorption onto the fluorinated amphiphilic surfaces. All the fluorinated amphiphilic surfaces exhibit excellent resistant performance of protein adsorption measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The surface compositional heterogeneities on the molecular scale play an important role in the antifouling properties. It was found that the copolymers exhibited better antifouling properties than the corresponding homopolymers did, when the percentage of hydrophilic hydroxyl groups is from 4% to 7% and the percentage of hydrophobic fluorinated moieties is from 4% to 14% on the surface. In addition, the protein molecular size scale and the pattern of microphase segregation domains on the surface strongly affect the protein adsorption behaviors. These results demonstrate the desirable protein-resistant performance from the fluorinated amphiphilic copolymers and provide deeper insight of the effect of surface compositional heterogeneity and microphase segregation on the protein adsorption behaviors.
The influence of alumina binder on the catalytic performance of PtSnNa/ZSM-5 catalyst for propane
dehydrogenation was studied. Solid-state 27Al MAS NMR spectroscopy, temperature-programmed desorption
of ammonia (TPDA), temperature-programmed oxidation (TPO), catalytic grain intensity, hydrogen chemisorption, BET surface area, and pore size distribution measurements were used to characterize the catalysts.
It was found that the addition of binder results in a decrease in the surface area of the catalyst but an obvious
improvement in its particle intensity. Some soluble Al species from the binder might migrate into the ZSM-5
zeolite framework during calcination so as to produce some acid sites of moderate intensity, which consequently
increases the acid amount of the catalyst. When propane dehydrogenation is carried out under the same space
velocity by changing the weight of the corresponding catalyst, the acid amount is the dominant factor influencing
the catalytic properties. When this reaction is performed under the same catalyst weight, a small amount of
binder is seen to have a positive effect, increasing the catalytic activity as a result of the enhanced metal
dispersion and acid amount. However, a negative effect is observed when the binder amount continues to
increase. The function of stabilizing the tin species can be strengthened by alumina addition, which might
facilitate the transport of the carbon deposits from the active sites to the carrier. TPO profiles of the
corresponding catalysts under different reaction conditions represent dissimilar behaviors, which is attributed
to an increase in acid amount and change in metal dispersion in the presence of binder. Finally, a model for
the influence of the alumina binder on the catalytic performance of PtSnNa/ZSM-5 catalyst for propane
dehydrogenation is proposed.
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