ABSTRACT
This chapter presents some dynamic characteristics of the macromolecules during layer formation and after layer establishment. The reactor device was employed to determine the rate of polymer adsorption under various experimental conditions. The image of the macromolecule adsorbed at the solid–liquid interface has progressively been clarified according to new techniques and methods which have been implemented. The reactor device was employed to determine the rate of polymer adsorption under various experimental conditions. The interstitial solution was weighted to precisely calculate the remaining bulk radioactivity. The adsorption of neutral polyacrylamide was attributed to the formation of hydrogen and polypeptide bonds between the isolated silanol groups and the amide groups of the polymer. The system becomes unstable and the adsorbed polymer molecules appear to engage in a relatively fast exchange with bulk solution molecules with increasing polymer concentration in the supernatant. Adsorption characteristics of polyelectrolytes on oppositely charged surfaces have been thoroughly investigated.
