Coupling pH-responsive polymer brushes to electricity: Switching thickness and creating waves of swelling or collapse

Langmuir

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3628-3635

  Dunderdale, Gary J ^a   Fairclough, J Patrick A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE CONDITIONS; ALKALINE SOLUTIONS; CLOSE PROXIMITY; ELECTRICAL STIMULI; ELECTROLYSIS OF WATERS; PH-RESPONSIVE POLYMER; POLYMER BRUSHES; TWO ELECTRODES;

BRUSHES; ELECTRODES; POLYMERS; SWELLING;

ALKALINITY;

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROLYSIS; PH;

ELECTRICITY; ELECTROLYSIS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; POLYMERS;

EID: 84875314522     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la3049949     Document Type: Article

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