School of Chemistry: Recent submissions
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Guiding the Dewetting of Thin Polymer Films by Colloidal Imprinting
Published 2015-04-21Micropatterned surfaces are important in many biomedical and bioengineering applications, such as the development of biosensors. An approach for the creation of ordered surface patterns, fabricated combining colloidal ...Open AccessArticle -
Chain Collapse and Interfacial Slip of Polystyrene Films in Good/ Nonsolvent Vapor Mixtures
Published 2016-02-08We investigated the dynamics and morphology of dewetting of metastable polystyrene films (thickness 75− 500 nm) cast on silicon substrates, upon exposure to vapors of a mixture of toluene, a good solvent, and ethanol, a ...Open AccessArticle -
Protein Micropatterns by PEG Grafting on Dewetted PLGA Films
Published 2014-09-08The ability to control protein and cell positioning on a microscopic scale is crucial in many biomedical applications, such as single cell studies. We have developed and investigated the grafting of poly(ethylene glycol) ...Open AccessArticle -
Interfacial slip on rough, patterned and soft surfaces: A review of experiments and simulations
Published 2014-02-22Advancements in the fabrication of microfluidic and nanofluidic devices and the study of liquids in confined geometries rely on understanding the boundary conditions for the flow of liquids at solid surfaces. Over the past ...Open AccessArticle -
Robust grafting of PEG-methacrylate brushes from polymeric coatings
Published 2013-08-11A study is presented of the grafting of poly(ethylene glycol)methyl ether methacrylate (PEGMA) from polymeric macroinitiator films to form well-defined polymer brushes, using activators generated/regenerated by electron ...Open AccessArticle