Water soluble responsive polymer brushes

Polymers

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 2107-2132

  Weir, Michael P ^a   Parnell, Andrew J ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Polyelectrolyte; Polymer brush; Responsive; Smart surfaces

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE; CONTROLLED POLYMERIZATION; EXTERNAL STIMULUS; POLYMER BRUSHES; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; RESPONSIVE; RESPONSIVE POLYMER; SMART SURFACES; SOLVENT QUALITY; SURFACE ADSORPTION; TECHNIQUES USED; WATERSOLUBLE;

ADHESION; BRUSHES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; IONIC STRENGTH; POLYELECTROLYTES;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84860821087     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/polym3042107     Document Type: Review

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