Hu Shuxin, Cao Xinyu, Song Yanlin, Li Chao, Xie Ping, Jiang Lei
Centre of Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China100080.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2008 May 7(17):2025-7. doi: 10.1039/b719110c. Epub 2008 Feb 25.
A reversible switch between superhydrophobicity at low temperature and superhydrophilicity at high temperature was fabricated by coating poly(epsilon-caprolactone) on a rough substrate, which resulted from the combination of the different adaptability of the polymer chain upon crystalline/amorphous phase transition and the optimized roughness.