Issue 2, 2010
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Journal of Materials Chemistry

Stable photo-reversible surface energy switching with azobenzenepolyelectrolyte multilayers†

Nasir M. Ahmad,c   Xiaoyu Luab  and  Christopher J. Barrett*ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
E-mail: Christopher.Barrett@mcgill.ca

b Centre for Collaborative NeuroEngineering, Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, Canada

c School of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan

Abstract

Self-assembled multilayers of azobenzene polyelectrolytes produced a reversible change in surface energy that is stable over time, in a host material that is biocompatible for eventual applications of directed cell growth.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B915963K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
04 Aug 2009
Accepted
20 Oct 2009
First published
28 Oct 2009

J. Mater. Chem., 2010,20, 244-247

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Stable photo-reversible surface energy switching with azobenzene polyelectrolyte multilayers

N. M. Ahmad, X. Lu and C. J. Barrett, J. Mater. Chem., 2010, 20, 244 DOI: 10.1039/B915963K

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