A chemo-mechanical switch for controllable water transportation based on a thermally responsive block copolymer.
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A smart and reversible chemo-mechanical switch was developed by synthesis of a thermally responsive block copolymer brush poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-hexafluoroisopropyl acrylate) (P(NIPAAm-co-HFIPA)) on a capillary plate. With the temperature changing around lower critical solution temperature (LCST), the designed chemo-mechanical switch exhibited excellent "ON-OFF" behavior for water transportation.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Chemical communications
دوره 50 71 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014