Polymers Have "Intelligent" Surfaces: Polymer Surface Dynamics
- 1 September 1994
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures
- Vol. 5 (5) , 612-618
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1045389x9400500503
Abstract
The "intelligence" of synthetic macromolecules is currently a topic of great interest, popularity, and activity. The understanding of macromolecule mechanics and dynamics has reached the stage where unique and novel applications are being developed. Here I present basic principles of polymer surface science, bulk polymer dynamics, and some selected areas in polymer surface dynamics. I include a brief treatment of the complexity of highly dynamic, multi-domain, macromolecular surfaces and their interactions with highly dynamic, multi-domain "block copolymer" proteins which are important in biocompatibility and biotechnology.Keywords
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