Inside Front Cover: NIR Laser‐Driven Reversible Volume Phase Transition of Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotube/Poly(N‐isopropylacrylamide) Composite Gels (Adv. Mater. 19/2008) | Zendy

Fujigaya Tsuyohiko | Zendy; Morimoto Tatsuro | Zendy; Niidome Yasuro | Zendy; Nakashima Naotoshi | Zendy

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Inside Front Cover: NIR Laser‐Driven Reversible Volume Phase Transition of Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotube/Poly(N‐isopropylacrylamide) Composite Gels (Adv. Mater. 19/2008)

Author(s) -

Fujigaya Tsuyohiko,

Morimoto Tatsuro,

Niidome Yasuro,

Nakashima Naotoshi

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

advanced materials

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Reports

SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707

H-Index - 527

eISSN - 1521-4095

pISSN - 0935-9648

DOI - 10.1002/adma.200890078

Subject(s) - materials science , carbon nanotube , poly(n isopropylacrylamide) , photothermal therapy , composite number , phase transition , shrinkage , swelling , nanotechnology , photothermal effect , volume (thermodynamics) , polymer , phase (matter) , composite material , laser , chemical engineering , optics , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , engineering , quantum mechanics , copolymer

The inside cover shows that polymer gels composed of poly(N‐isopropylacrylamide) and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) exhibit a repeatable volume phase transition between shrinkage and swelling upon ON/OFF near‐IR laser‐light irradiation in the presence of water. The volume changes, triggered by the photothermal effect of CNTs, are repeatable for more than 1200 cycles. In their Communication on p. 3610 , Tsuyohiko Fujigaya, Naotoshi Nakaashima, and co‐workers emphasize that one of the great advantages of utilizing CNTs in this system is their high durability.

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