Enhancing the low surface energy properties of polymer films with a dangling shell of fluorinated block-copolymer

2015 ◽  
Vol 338 ◽  
pp. 190-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaohang Zeng ◽  
Yanqiong Ma ◽  
Yuechuan Wang
2014 ◽  
Vol 140 (12) ◽  
pp. 124902 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. C. C. Esteves ◽  
K. Lyakhova ◽  
J. M. van Riel ◽  
L. G. J. van der Ven ◽  
R. A. T. M. van Benthem ◽  
...  

2009 ◽  
Vol 500 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisa Martinelli ◽  
Chiara Fantoni ◽  
Giancarlo Galli ◽  
Bernard Gallot ◽  
Antonella Glisenti

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (47) ◽  
pp. 5584-5584 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bong Hoon Kim ◽  
Duck Hyun Lee ◽  
Ju Young Kim ◽  
Dong Ok Shin ◽  
Hu Young Jeong ◽  
...  

2012 ◽  
Vol 229-231 ◽  
pp. 2749-2752
Author(s):  
Young Joo Choi ◽  
Hyeong Min Jin ◽  
Bong Hoon Kim ◽  
Ju Young Kim ◽  
Sang Ouk Kim

We present that polydopamineassistedinterfacial engineering can be synergistically integratedwith block copolymer lithography for surface nanopatterningof low-surface-energy substrate materials, includingTeflon, graphene, and gold. Block copolymer lithography is aself-assembly based nanofabrication that holds greatpromise for sub-10-nm scale patterning. The directed self-assemblyof block copolymers into device-oriented nanopatternsgenerally requires organic modification of a substrate surface.In this work, the versatility of the polydopamine treatment was demonstrated by the surface modification.


2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (47) ◽  
pp. 5618-5622 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bong Hoon Kim ◽  
Duck Hyun Lee ◽  
Ju Young Kim ◽  
Dong Ok Shin ◽  
Hu Young Jeong ◽  
...  

2003 ◽  
Vol 774 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janice L. McKenzie ◽  
Michael C. Waid ◽  
Riyi Shi ◽  
Thomas J. Webster

AbstractSince the cytocompatibility of carbon nanofibers with respect to neural applications remains largely uninvestigated, the objective of the present in vitro study was to determine cytocompatibility properties of formulations containing carbon nanofibers. Carbon fiber substrates were prepared from four different types of carbon fibers, two with nanoscale diameters (nanophase, or less than or equal to 100 nm) and two with conventional diameters (or greater than 200 nm). Within these two categories, both a high and a low surface energy fiber were investigated and tested. Astrocytes (glial scar tissue-forming cells) and pheochromocytoma cells (PC-12; neuronal-like cells) were seeded separately onto the substrates. Results provided the first evidence that astrocytes preferentially adhered on the carbon fiber that had the largest diameter and the lowest surface energy. PC-12 cells exhibited the most neurites on the carbon fiber with nanodimensions and low surface energy. These results may indicate that PC-12 cells prefer nanoscale carbon fibers while astrocytes prefer conventional scale fibers. A composite was formed from poly-carbonate urethane and the 60 nm carbon fiber. Composite substrates were thus formed using different weight percentages of this fiber in the polymer matrix. Increased astrocyte adherence and PC-12 neurite density corresponded to decreasing amounts of the carbon nanofibers in the poly-carbonate urethane matrices. Controlling carbon fiber diameter may be an approach for increasing implant contact with neurons and decreasing scar tissue formation.


Polymer ◽  
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Vol 217 ◽  
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Author(s):  
Zhanhui Gan ◽  
Deyu Kong ◽  
Qianqian Yu ◽  
Yifan Jia ◽  
Xue-Hui Dong ◽  
...  

AIP Advances ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 035219
Author(s):  
Ya-Kun Lyu ◽  
Zuo-Tao Ji ◽  
Tao He ◽  
Zhenda Lu ◽  
Weihua Zhang

Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 736
Author(s):  
Kyutae Seo ◽  
Hyo Kang

We synthesized a series of polystyrene derivatives that were modified with precursors of liquid crystal (LC) molecules, such as 4-ethyloxyphenol (homopolymer PEOP and copolymer PEOP#; # = 20, 40, 60, and 80, where # indicates the molar fraction of 4-ethyloxyphenoxymethyl in the side chain), 4-n-butyloxyphenol (PBOP), 4-n-hexyloxyphenol (PHOP), and 4-n-octyloxyphenol (POOP), via polymer modification reaction to investigate the orientation of LC molecules on polymer films, exhibiting part of the LC molecular structure. LC molecules showed a stable and uniform vertical orientation in LC cells fabricated with polymers that have 4-ethyloxyphenoxymethyl in the range of 40–100 mol%. In addition, similar results were obtained in LC cells fabricated with homopolymers of PEOP, PBOP, PHOP, and POOP. The vertical orientation of LC molecules in LC cells fabricated with polymer films correlated to the surface energy of polymer films. For example, vertical LC orientation was observed when the total surface energies of the polymer films were lower than approximately 43.2 mJ/m2. Good alignment stabilities were observed at 150 °C and 20 J/cm2 of ultraviolet irradiation for LC cells fabricated with PEOP film.


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