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Dynamically Reconfigurable Polymer Films: Impact on Nanomotion
Author(s) -
Santer S.,
Kopyshev A.,
Donges J.,
Yang H.K.,
Rühe J.
Publication year - 2006
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.200601270
Subject(s) - nanometre , adsorption , materials science , substrate (aquarium) , polymer , scale (ratio) , nanotechnology , motion (physics) , object (grammar) , phase (matter) , content (measure theory) , polymer science , computer science , physics , chemistry , composite material , artificial intelligence , organic chemistry , oceanography , quantum mechanics , geology , mathematical analysis , mathematics
Polymer brushes comprising two different chemistries can induce motion of adsorbed nanometer‐scale objects. Topographical variations of the brushes occurring along with nanometer phase separation after exposure to selective solvents result in variations of surface forces between the substrate and the adsorbed object, inducing its motion (see figure).