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- ItemOptical and chemical control of the wettability of nanoporous photoswitchable films(Cambridge : Royal Society of Chemistry, 2022) Zhang, Zejun; Chen, Donghui; Mutruc, Dragos; Hecht, Stefan; Heinke, LarsWettability is a central surface property of functional thin films. Here, we present a nanoporous film made of an azobenzene-containing metal-organic framework material where the wettability is controlled by photoswitching of the fluorinated azobenzene moieties and by reversible incorporation of guest molecules with different polarities in the pores. Using both, the optical and the chemical stimuli, the water contact angle was modified over a wide range, from 23° to 97°.
- ItemPhysical gels of poly(vinylamine) by thermal curing(Cambridge : Royal Society of Chemistry, 2020) Fischer, Thorsten; Köhler, Jens; Möller, Martin; Singh, SmritiPhysical gels are a versatile class of materials which can find application in sensors, electrochemistry, biomedicine or rheological modifiers. Herein, we present a hydrogen-bonded physical gel which is based on the interaction between phenylcarbonate telechelic poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG-PC) and poly(vinyl amine-co-acetamide) (p(VAm-co-VAA)). The critical gelation concentration was found to be 10 wt% by rheology and NMR. UV-vis spectroscopy and dynamic light scattering reveal the formation of aggregates in the gel. Rheology and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) was used to show the effect of thermal curing on the mechanical properties of the physical gel. © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2020.