| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 235 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction to Micropatterned Surfaces -- Breath-Figures Formation: Physical Aspects -- Polymers Employed and Role of the Molecular Characteristics on the BFs Formation -- Methodologies Involved in Manufacturing Self-Assembled Breath-Figures Patterns: Drop-Casting and Spin- and Dip-Coating-Characterization of Microporous Surfaces -- Introducing Chemical Functionalities to Microporous Surfaces: Strategies -- Hierarchically Ordered Microporous Surfaces -- From Planar Surfaces to 3D Porous Interfaces -- Applications of the Porous Structures Obtained with the Breath-Figures Self-Assembly |
| Summary |
This book offers a complete and concise overview of the different strategies used to prepare microstructured surfaces employing information regarding surface instabilities and physical processes. Based upon the concept of the remarkably uniform layer of water vapor that is applied when one simply breathes onto a surface in cold temperatures, the book presents a comprehensive treatise addressing chemical and physical fundamentals, fabrication, and applications of the breath figures approach to surface wetting, coating, and modification (breath figures self-assembly) of various materials. The main topics of the book are divided into six parts: the control of surface properties in polymer blends; block copolymer design with the aim of providing order at different lengths; combination of block copolymer blends with the breath figures (BFs); dynamic templating; the breath figures method; biorecognition; and alternative approaches for surface structuring and functionalization. Discusses various physical processing methods in preparing microstructured surfaces; Describes relevant aspects of micro- and nanostructured surfaces from fabrication to final applications, including additive manufacturing, bacterial adhesion and entrapment, optical and electro-optical applications, and membrane technology; Details the breath figures approach to surface structuring while discussing alternative strategies that tie morphology to functionality of materials |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 19, 2020) |
| Subject |
Surfaces (Technology)
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Nanostructured materials.
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Porous materials.
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Polymers.
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Nanostructures
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Polymers
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polymers.
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Polymer chemistry.
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Condensed matter physics (liquid state & solid state physics)
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Materials science.
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Technology & Engineering -- Textiles & Polymers.
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Science -- Solid State Physics.
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Nanostructured materials
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Porous materials
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Surfaces (Technology)
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bormashenko, Edward Yu., author.
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| ISBN |
9783030511364 |
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3030511367 |
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9783030511371 |
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3030511375 |
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9783030511388 |
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3030511383 |
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