Functional surfaces of laser-microstructured silicon coated with thermoresponsive PS/PNIPAM polymer blends: Switching reversibly between hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity
Maria Kanidi, Aristeidis Papagiannopoulos, Andreea Matei, M. Dinescu, Stergios Pispas, M. Kandyla
Topics & Concepts
WettingMaterials scienceContact angleSiliconPoly(N-isopropylacrylamide)PolystyrenePolymerLayer (electronics)Chemical engineeringLower critical solution temperatureWetting layerNanotechnologyPolymer chemistryComposite materialCopolymerOptoelectronicsEngineeringSurface Modification and SuperhydrophobicityAdhesion, Friction, and Surface InteractionsSurface Roughness and Optical Measurements