Polymer Surfaces in Motion

Pattern formation is a fascinating and challenging aspect in polymer science. This book describes a number of unconventional approaches developed to control the morphology of polymer surfaces and materials, from random or simple patterns to complex structures. Specialists provide an up-to-date and complete overview of each technique in their respective field.

Details the physical phenomenon occurring at polymer surfaces to produce surface patterns Covers the different approaches to producing surface patterns in a controlled manner by means of physical forces Includes current and potential applications for surface patterning technology

Autorentext
Dr. Juan Rodríguez-Hernández is tenured scientist at the Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnologia de Polimeros (Madrid-Spain) since 2008. He obtained his PhD from the Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz, Germany in 2003. He then joined the Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques in Bordeaux France as post-doc and later as research fellow until 2008. His research interests include micro/nanostructuration of polymeric surfaces, the preparation of smart surfaces and the control of the interaction of surfaces with microorganisms.Dr. Carlos Drummond received his Ph.D. in 1999 from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and has been a CNRS research fellow since 2003. His research interests include surface forces, polymer surfaces, responsive functional surfaces and physical chemistry of nano-carbonaceous materials.

Inhalt
Non-Conventional Methods for Patterning Polymer Surfaces.- From Holes to Drops to Toroids: Conditions for the transcription of surface patterns into three-dimensional morphologies via rim instabilities in the course of dewetting.- Directing Convection to Pattern Thin Polymer Films: Coffee Rings.- Nanopatterns produced by directed self-assembly in block copolymer thin films.- Nanostructured interfaces by surface segregation of block copolymers.- Template Guided Structuration of Polymer Films.- Electrohydrodynamic Lithography of Functional Soft Materials for Advanced Applications.- Elastic Instability and Surface Wrinkling.- Reaction-Diffusion Dynamics Induced Surface Instabilities.- Breath Figures: fabrication of honeycomb porous films induced by Marangoni instabilities.- Spontaneous Structuration of Hydrophobic Polymer Surfaces in Contact with Salt Solutions.- Nanobubble-Assisted Nanopatterning.- Future trends of unconventional methods in polymer surface patterning.