Moisture-responsive films of cellulose stearoyl esters showing reversible shape transitions

Moisture-responsive films of cellulose stearoyl esters showing reversible shape transitions

Moisture-responsive materials are gaining greater interest for their potentially wide applications and the readily access to moisture. In this study, we show the fabrication of moisture-responsive, self-standing films using sustainable cellulose as starting material. Cellulose was modified by stearoyl moieties at first, leading to cellulose stearoyl esters (CSEs) with diverse degrees of substit...

Erratum: Moisture-responsive films of cellulose stearoyl esters showing reversible shape transitions.

Smart surfaces of biobased materials: IV. Dynamic surface effects in films of F-containing cellulose esters

Smart surfaces of biobased materials: IV. Dynamic surface effects in films of F-containing cellulose esters Ulrike Becker and Wolfgang Glasser Biobased Materials/Recycling Center, and Department of Wood Science and Forest Products Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA Abstract: Dynamic surface phenomena were examined in films of fluorine (F)-containing cellulose derivatives. The derivatives were either...

Facile synthesis of responsive nanoparticles with reversible, tunable and rapid thermal transitions from biocompatible constituents.

Responsive polymeric nanoparticles composed of hybrid block co-polymers were prepared from biocompatible components that displayed rapid, tunable and multiply reversible transitions in response to change of temperature.

Dynamics of ultrafast reversible phase transitions in GeSb films triggered by picosecond laser pulses

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