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Macromol. Rapid Commun. 1/2014
Author(s) -
Kao YiHuei,
Chi MuHuan,
Tsai ChiaChan,
Chen JiunTai
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
macromolecular rapid communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.348
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1521-3927
pISSN - 1022-1336
DOI - 10.1002/marc.201470001
Subject(s) - pressing , polystyrene , polymer , wetting , materials science , composite material , barrel (horology) , dumbbell , nanotechnology , polymer science , medicine , physical therapy
Front Cover: Nanopressing, a simple and versatile method, is developed to fabricate anisotropic polymer structures by pressing polymer microspheres at elevated temperatures. Polystyrene (PS) microspheres are used to demonstrate this approach. The shapes of the polymer structures are dependent on the pressing conditions, such as the pressure, the pressing time, and the pressing temperature. At shorter pressing times, the pressing effect dominates and barrel‐like polymer structures can be prepared. At longer pressing times, the wetting effect becomes important and dumbbell‐like polymer structures are obtained. This study not only provides a simple method to prepare novel polymer structures, but also leads to a deeper understanding of wetting phenomenon in confined geometries. Further details can be found in the article by Y.‐H. Kao, M.‐H. Chi, C.‐C. Tsai, and J.‐T. Chen* on page 84.