Tunable wettability by counterion exchange at the surface of electrostatic self-assembled multilayers

Chem Commun (Camb). 2008 Dec 7:(45):5972-4. doi: 10.1039/b813557f. Epub 2008 Oct 9.

Abstract

A novel method to tune surface wettability rapidly and reversibly has been developed by ion exchange of the counterions at the surface of a multilayer film assembled via electrostatic interaction.