Conductive Polymer Porous Film with Tunable Wettability and Adhesion
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Section
2.1. Materials and Characterization
2.2. Preparation of Conductive Polymer Porous Film
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Preparation and Morphology of Conductive Polymer Porous Film
3.2. The Porosity and the Pore Size Distribution
3.3. The Electrical Conductivity
3.4. The Electro-Responsive Wettability
3.5. Tunable Water Adhesion Properties of the Polymer Porous Film
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Teng, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Heng, L.; Meng, X.; Yang, Q.; Jiang, L. Conductive Polymer Porous Film with Tunable Wettability and Adhesion. Materials 2015, 8, 1817-1830. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma8041817
Teng Y, Zhang Y, Heng L, Meng X, Yang Q, Jiang L. Conductive Polymer Porous Film with Tunable Wettability and Adhesion. Materials. 2015; 8(4):1817-1830. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma8041817
Chicago/Turabian StyleTeng, Yuqi, Yuqi Zhang, Liping Heng, Xiangfu Meng, Qiaowen Yang, and Lei Jiang. 2015. "Conductive Polymer Porous Film with Tunable Wettability and Adhesion" Materials 8, no. 4: 1817-1830. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma8041817