Current Opportunities and Challenges in Biopolymer Thin Film Analysis—Determination of Film Thickness
Polymer thin films with thickness below 100 nm are a fascinating class of 2D materials with commercial and research applications in many branches ranging from coatings to photoresists and insulating materials, to mention just a few uses. Biopolymers have extended the scope of polymer thin films with...
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| description | Polymer thin films with thickness below 100 nm are a fascinating class of 2D materials with commercial and research applications in many branches ranging from coatings to photoresists and insulating materials, to mention just a few uses. Biopolymers have extended the scope of polymer thin films with unique materials such as cellulose, cellulose nanocrystals, cellulose nanofibrils with tunable water uptake, crystallinity and optical properties. The key information needed in thin biopolymer film use and research is film thickness. It is often challenging to determine precisely and hence several techniques and their combinations are used. Additional challenges with hydrophilic biopolymers such as cellulose are the presence of humidity and the soft and often heterogenous structure of the films. This minireview summarizes currently used methods and techniques for biopolymer thin film thickness analysis and outlines challenges for accurate and reproducible characterization. Cellulose is chosen as the representative biopolymer. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-69e3c631c71f458888fcdd9344cd44d92022-12-21T23:08:45ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Chemical Engineering2673-27182021-10-01310.3389/fceng.2021.755446755446Current Opportunities and Challenges in Biopolymer Thin Film Analysis—Determination of Film ThicknessStefan Spirk0Chonnipa Palasingh1Tiina Nypelö2Tiina Nypelö3Institute of Bioproducts and Paper Technology, Graz University of Technology, Graz, AustriaApplied Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, SwedenApplied Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, SwedenWallenberg Wood Science Center, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, SwedenPolymer thin films with thickness below 100 nm are a fascinating class of 2D materials with commercial and research applications in many branches ranging from coatings to photoresists and insulating materials, to mention just a few uses. Biopolymers have extended the scope of polymer thin films with unique materials such as cellulose, cellulose nanocrystals, cellulose nanofibrils with tunable water uptake, crystallinity and optical properties. The key information needed in thin biopolymer film use and research is film thickness. It is often challenging to determine precisely and hence several techniques and their combinations are used. Additional challenges with hydrophilic biopolymers such as cellulose are the presence of humidity and the soft and often heterogenous structure of the films. This minireview summarizes currently used methods and techniques for biopolymer thin film thickness analysis and outlines challenges for accurate and reproducible characterization. Cellulose is chosen as the representative biopolymer.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fceng.2021.755446/fullthin filmsthicknessbiopolymersanalyticscellulose |
| spellingShingle | Stefan Spirk Chonnipa Palasingh Tiina Nypelö Tiina Nypelö Current Opportunities and Challenges in Biopolymer Thin Film Analysis—Determination of Film Thickness Frontiers in Chemical Engineering thin films thickness biopolymers analytics cellulose |
| title | Current Opportunities and Challenges in Biopolymer Thin Film Analysis—Determination of Film Thickness |
| title_full | Current Opportunities and Challenges in Biopolymer Thin Film Analysis—Determination of Film Thickness |
| title_fullStr | Current Opportunities and Challenges in Biopolymer Thin Film Analysis—Determination of Film Thickness |
| title_full_unstemmed | Current Opportunities and Challenges in Biopolymer Thin Film Analysis—Determination of Film Thickness |
| title_short | Current Opportunities and Challenges in Biopolymer Thin Film Analysis—Determination of Film Thickness |
| title_sort | current opportunities and challenges in biopolymer thin film analysis determination of film thickness |
| topic | thin films thickness biopolymers analytics cellulose |
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