title: A chemo-mechanical switch for controllable water transportation based on a thermally responsive block copolymer.
abstract: A smart and reversible chemo-mechanical switch was developed by synthesis of a thermally responsive block copolymer brush poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-hexafluoroisopropyl acrylate) (P(NIPAAm-co-HFIPA)) on a capillary plate. With the temperature changing around lower critical solution temperature (LCST), the designed chemo-mechanical switch exhibited excellent "ON-OFF" behavior for water transportation.
authors: Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Urban Environmental Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Minamiohsawa, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan. uchiyama-katsumi@tmu.ac.jp.
authors: Jianmin
authors: J
authors: Yang
authors: Mitsuaki
authors: M
authors: Hida
authors: Sifeng
authors: S
authors: Mao
authors: Hulie
authors: H
authors: Zeng
authors: Hizuru
authors: H
authors: Nakajima
authors: Katsumi
authors: K
authors: Uchiyama
mesh_terms: D055595:Mechanical Phenomena; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D013696:Temperature; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers; D014867:Water