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Self‐Healing Polymers: Self‐Restoration of Superhydrophobicity on Shape Memory Polymer Arrays with Both Crushed Microstructure and Damaged Surface Chemistry (Small 4/2017)
Author(s) -
Lv Tong,
Cheng Zhongjun,
Zhang Enshuang,
Kang Hongjun,
Liu Yuyan,
Jiang Lei
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.201770023
Subject(s) - microstructure , polymer , self healing , materials science , nanotechnology , self healing material , shape memory polymer , surface (topology) , composite material , chemical engineering , medicine , alternative medicine , geometry , mathematics , pathology , engineering
A novel superhydrophobic surface with self‐healing abilities in both crushed microstructures and damaged surface chemistry is prepared by creating hierarchical structures on the shape memory polymer, by Z. Cheng, Y. Liu, and co‐workers in article number 1503402. The crushed surface microstructure, the damaged surface chemistry and the superhydrophobicity that were destroyed under the external pressure and/or O 2 plasma action can be recovered by a simple heating process.