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A Solid‐State Organic Electronic Wettability Switch
Author(s) -
Isaksson J.,
Tengstedt C.,
Fahlman M.,
Robinson N.,
Berggren M.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200306131
Subject(s) - materials science , oxidizing agent , wetting , polymer , solid state , substrate (aquarium) , contact angle , nanotechnology , solid surface , chemical engineering , composite material , engineering physics , organic chemistry , chemical physics , geology , chemistry , oceanography , physics , engineering
Solid‐state devices based on soluble polymers on a rigid substrate, with the active surface facing the environment, have been designed and characterized. The contact angles and spreading of water droplets can be reversibly controlled by electrochemically reducing or oxidizing a polymer surface (see Figure).