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High Aspect Ratio Polymeric Nanoneedle Arrays
Author(s) -
McCormack James C.,
Podhorska Lucia,
Delaney Colm,
Zhang Fengyuan,
Rodriguez Brian J.,
Kelleher Susan M.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
macromolecular materials and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.913
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1439-2054
pISSN - 1438-7492
DOI - 10.1002/mame.202170009
Subject(s) - materials science , polyethylene glycol , nanopillar , photoinitiator , nanotechnology , peg ratio , monomer , polymer , composite material , chemical engineering , nanostructure , finance , engineering , economics
Front Cover : In article number 2000754, Susan M. Kelleher and co‐workers outline an accessible and scalable method for polyethylene glycol (PEG)‐tapered nanopillar array production. Photopolymerisation of acrylateterminated polypropylene glycol (PPG) and PEG monomeric/photoinitiator cocktails is utilised to cast high fidelity replicas of silicon nanopillar arrays. In this way, rapid prototyping of polymeric nanostructured surfaces is achieved with feature dimensions relevant to optical and antibacterial applications.