Open AccessCover Image, Volume 57, Issue 11
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of polymer science part b: polymer physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.65
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1099-0488
pISSN - 0887-6266
DOI - 10.1002/polb.24674
Subject(s) - wetting , cover (algebra) , contact angle , polymer , citation , nanotechnology , materials science , volume (thermodynamics) , polymer science , computer science , world wide web , composite material , physics , mechanical engineering , engineering , thermodynamics
In their study reported on page 670, Maria Kanidi and colleagues developed thin films of PS/PNIPAM polymer blends that show a reversible wetting behavior due to the thermoresponsivity of PNIPAM. Upon heating, the films show an increase in water contact angle due to increased hydrophobicity. Spin‐casted films of PS/PNIPAM blends provide the possibility to develop smart surfaces by simple and controllable methods suitable for numerous applications that require control of wettability over large areas, such as self‐cleaning surfaces, industrial surface coatings, tissue engineering, cell encapsulation, enzyme immobilization, sensing, and microfluidics, among others. (DOI: 10.1002/polb.24822 )