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An Optically Reversible Switching Membrane Surface
Author(s) -
Nayak Arpan,
Liu Hongwei,
Belfort Georges
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200600581
Subject(s) - wetting , spiropyran , process (computing) , membrane , surface (topology) , adhesion , electrode , computer science , materials science , nanotechnology , molecule , chemistry , organic chemistry , composite material , mathematics , biochemistry , geometry , operating system
Lighting the way: Through the combination of a UV‐grafting process with the photoresponsive properties of spiropyran molecules, an optically reversible switching membrane surface was developed. This process can be used in preference to inducing physical movement of long‐chain SAMs toward an electrode and as a result improve many industrial opportunities including those dependent on surface wettability and molecular adhesion.