Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5208793 | Progress in Polymer Science | 2010 | 19 Pages |
Abstract
Stimulus-responsive polymer brushes (SRPBs) exhibit a change in conformation and structure, often accompanied by a noticeable change in surface energy, due to an external stimulus such as a change in solvent composition, temperature, pH, ionic strength, light, or mechanical stress. SRPBs offer exciting and new possibilities to fabricate adaptive or responsive smart materials. This review summarizes selected, recent progress in SRPB applications in the field of surface wettability switching, mechanical actuation, and environmental sensing. Furthermore, we review selected papers from an emerging area in which SRPBs are used for nano- and microfabrication.
Keywords
NCAMPSPMApmepPSPMP2VPAPBAPMAAMerocyanineEMOROMPSI-ATRPPNIPAAmLcstBTBAFMUCSTSAMsPELSpiropyranTemBromothymol blueSPRSurface plasmon resonanceSelf-assembled monolayersChemical sensingUpper critical solution temperatureLower critical solution temperatureContact angleSurface initiated atom transfer radical polymerizationX-ray photoelectron spectroscopyXPSMechanotransductionTransmission electron microscopyatomic force microscopyCRPPoly(2-vinylpyridine)Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)Poly(methacrylic acid)polyelectrolyteControlled radical polymerizationRing-opening metathesis polymerizationPolystyrene
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Authors
Tao Chen, Robert Ferris, Jianming Zhang, Robert Ducker, Stefan Zauscher,