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Smoothing of fast assembled layer-by-layer films by adjusting assembly conditions

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To prepare layer-by-layer(LbL) multilayers in time-efficient manners by the dipping method is highly appealing. However, the fast LbL assembly produces multilayers with high surface roughness. In our attempt to smooth the surface morphologies of LbL multilayers obtained by fast assembly(5 s dipping), we studied the influence of the assembly conditions on the surface morphologies. The study shows that by properly adjusting the assembly conditions, such as washing duration, water annealing period, and drying with nitrogen flow, LbL multilayers with enhanced surface smoothness could be obtained through fast LbL assembly.

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    Yang Duan, Qi An, Qian Zhang & Yihe Zhang

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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21303169), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China(No.2652013115), the Beijing Nova Program, China(No.Z141103001814064), the Beijing Specific Project to Foster Elitist, China(No.2013D009015000001), the Open Project of State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, China(No.CRE-2013-C-201), the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (No.2012AA06A109) and the Special co-Construction Project of Beijing City Education Committee, China.

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Duan, Y., An, Q., Zhang, Q. et al. Smoothing of fast assembled layer-by-layer films by adjusting assembly conditions. Chem. Res. Chin. Univ. 31, 674–679 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40242-015-4414-x

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