Thermally controlled wettability of a nanoporous membrane grafted with catechol-tethered poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)

Chem Commun (Camb). 2012 Sep 25;48(74):9227-9. doi: 10.1039/c2cc32233a. Epub 2012 Jul 11.

Abstract

A nanoporous membrane is coated with catechol-tethered poly(N-isopropylacrylamide). The thermosensitive variation of surface wettability determines the hindered diffusivity of dextran (40 kDa) through the nanopores.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acrylamides / chemistry*
  • Acrylic Resins
  • Catechols / chemistry*
  • Membranes, Artificial*
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Nanopores*
  • Polymers / chemistry*
  • Temperature*
  • Wettability*

Substances

  • Acrylamides
  • Acrylic Resins
  • Catechols
  • Membranes, Artificial
  • Polymers
  • poly-N-isopropylacrylamide
  • catechol