Internal and interfacial friction in the dynamics of soft/solid interfaces

Details Internal and interfacial friction in the dynamics of soft/solid interfaces Internal and interfacial friction in the dynamics of soft/solid interfaces

1999-06-28

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9906415v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

10 pages, 6 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. B

Scientific paper

We analyze theoretically the effect of friction on quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) measurements that probe soft (viscoelastic) films and biomolecular layers adsorbed from aqueous solutions. While water provides a natural environment for biomolecules, an interface with unknown rheological properties forms between the adsorbed soft molecular layer and the quartz substrate in the latter case. We investigate therefore the dynamics of soft films adsorbed onto a solid quartz surface within a continuum mechanics approach using both the Maxwell and the Voight/Kelvin models of viscoelasticity and their combination. The rigorous expressions derived for the acoustic response of a quartz crystal oscillator, accounting for both interfacial (sliding) friction and internal friction (viscosity), demonstrate that the QCM can be used as a sensor for quantitative characteristization of friction effects as well as for ``in situ'' measurements of mechanical properties of adsorbed biomolecular films.

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