User:Elizabeth Ghias/Notebook/Experimental Chemistry/2012/11/16

Objective

The three PVOH/glutaraldehyde films prepared last class were crosslinked

Description

Crosslinking Glutaraldehyde Films

1. Allow the PVOH film containing glutaraldehyde to dry completely.
2. Prepare a solution of 100 mL H₂O, 2 mL concentrated H₂SO₄, and 20 g Na₂SO₄ in a 150 mL beaker. (solution is referred to as glutaraldehyde fixant)
3. Place stir bar in beaker and a Buchner funnel top (cap) over the stir bar
4. Heat solution to 70°C (temperature on hotplate should be about 160)
5. Place film in solution for one hour.
6. Prepare 100 mL of a 1% HCl solution in a 150 mL beaker. Place a stir bar and an inverted buchner funnel into beaker.
7. Heat HCl solution to 70°C
8. Remove film from glutaraldehyde fixant and rinse with distilled water.
9. Place film into HCl solution for 30 minutes.
10. Prepare 0.2 M sodium bicarbonate solution. (1.68 g in 100 mL)
11. After 30 minutes, remove the film from the HCl solution and place into the sodium bicarbonate solution (at room temperature) for about 15 minutes.
12. Use tweezers to remove the film from the sodium bicarbonate solution.
13. Rinse film with deionized water and dry film on paper towel.

Data

• No data was collected today

Notes

• The dye film made last class has a medium yellow color
• The Na-MT film still looks like it formed with one side thicker than the other side (was not uniform).
• On Monday, need to prepare a porphyrin-HCl film with NaCl for crosslinking.