Abstract
The potential utility of employing polymer single crystals as substrates for study of adsorption from solutions on low energy solid surfaces is discussed. Advantages of polymer single crystals for this purpose are that they offer a very large specific surface area, the surface is flat and chemically pure, and the chemical nature of the surface can be altered systematically by employing a series of polymers of different chemical constitutions. As a demonstration of the feasibility of the use of polymer single crystals, results obtained with polyoxymethylene single crystals in the study of adsorption of serum proteins from aqueous solution are presented. The method of preparation of the single crystals, their characterization, and the areas of possible problems and further improvements are discussed.
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