This volume focuses on the synthetic and physico-chemical aspects of stimuli-responsive polymer films and coatings. It includes the highlights for newcomers to the subject, as well as a comprehensive review of recent advances in the field.

From the Preface: “Materials' response to internal or external stimuli formulates the basis of novel materials of the 21st Century. Polymeric materials, particularly polymeric films, have paced the evolution of technologies for the past few decades, and their importance in the advancement of global growth is indispensable...[H]opefully this monograph will take us one step closer to the development of new and often unprecedented stimli-responsive characteristics of polymeric films and coatings...”

Target Audience: Scientists, technologists, and upper-level students involved in the growing field of nanotechnologies of stimuli-responsive polymers.

Table of Contents:

Stimuli-Responsive Macromolecules and Polymeric Coatings

Synthetic Aspects of Stimuli-Responsive Polymers:

Controlling Polymer Chain Topology and Architecture by ATRP from Flat Surfaces

Synthesis of Terminally Functionalized (Co)Polymers via Reversible Addition Fragmentation Chain Transfer Polymerization and Subsequent Immobilization to Solid Surfaces with Potential Biosensor Applications

Synthesis and Application of Polyelectrolye Brushes

Gradient Stimuli-Responsive Polymer Grafted Layers

Tailoring of Thin Polymer Films Chemisorbed onto Conductive Surfaces by Electrografting

Physico-Chemical Aspects of Stimuli-Responsive Polymers:

Temperature-Responsive Films of Amphiphilic Poly(N-isopropylacrylamides) of Various Architectures at the Air—Water Interface

Stimuli-Responsive Behavior of Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate and Sodium Dioctyl Sulfosuccinate During Coalescence of Colloidal Particles

Fluorescence Methods for Latex Film Formation

Finite Element Modeling for Scratch Damage of Polymers

An Artificial Neural Network Approach to Stimuli-Response Mechanisms in Complex Systems

Malemide—Vinyl Ether-Based Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals

Stimuli-Responsive Supramolecular Solids: Functional Porous and Inclusion Materials

Index