New responsive property of poly(epsilon-caprolactone) as the thermal switch from superhydrophobic to superhydrophilic

Chem Commun (Camb). 2008 May 7:(17):2025-7. doi: 10.1039/b719110c. Epub 2008 Feb 25.

Abstract

A reversible switch between superhydrophobicity at low temperature and superhydrophilicity at high temperature was fabricated by coating poly(epsilon-caprolactone) on a rough substrate, which resulted from the combination of the different adaptability of the polymer chain upon crystalline/amorphous phase transition and the optimized roughness.