title: Electric glue: electrically controlled polymer-surface adhesion.
abstract: Polymer-surface interactions provide a basis for nanoscale design and for understanding the fundamental chemistry and physics at these length scales. Controlling these interactions will provide the foundation for further manipulation, control, and measurement of single molecule processes. It is this direction of control over nanoscale polymer-surface interactions that we explore with electric glue. The adhesion between surfaces and single molecules is manipulated based on an externally controlled potential in electric glue.
authors.affiliation: Applied Physics and Center for Nanoscience, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Amalienstrasse 54, Munich, Germany. ann.fornof@physik.uni-muenchen.de
authors.forename: Ann R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Fornof
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Erdmann
authors.forename: Ralf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: David
authors.forename: Hermann E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Gaub
mesh_terms: D000268:Adhesiveness; D004563:Electrochemistry / Q000379:methods; D004566:Electrodes; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry; D008670:Metals; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force / Q000379:methods; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D008670:Metals; D011108:Polymers; D006046:Gold