Polymer brushes for surface tuning

Macromolecular Rapid Communications

Volumn 30, Issue 9-10, 2009, Pages 732-740

  Uhlmann, Petra ^a   Merlitz, Holger ^a   Sommer, Jens Uwe ^a   Stamm, Manfred ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Microfluidics; Polymer brushes; Sensors; Switching

Indexed keywords

FLUID CONTROL; FUNCTIONAL LAYER; MIXED POLYMERS; POLYMER BRUSHES; SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZATION; SWITCHABLE; SWITCHING BEHAVIORS; THIN FILM SENSORS; WETTABILITY GRADIENTS;

BRUSHES; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMERS; SENSORS; THIN FILMS;

FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS;

EID: 66249101213     PISSN: 10221336     EISSN: 15213927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/marc.200900113     Document Type: Article

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