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Tuning the pH Sensitivity of Poly(methacrylic acid) Brushes

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Chemically cross-linked polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) elastomers have gained importance as a dielectric in elastic capacitor actuators, which elongate when electrically charged. Common PDMS elastomers have a dielectric permittivity of only about 3 and thus e ...

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Vibration Suppression Through Variable Stiffness and Damping Structural Joints

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This paper introduces a new semi-active strategy for vibration control of truss and frame structures equipped with variable stiffness and damping joints which consist of a shape memory polymer (SMP) core reinforced by an SMP-aramid composite skin. When the ...

2020

Swelling-Induced Chain Stretching Enhances Hydrolytic Degrafting of Hydrophobic Polymer Brushes in Organic Media

Harm-Anton Klok, Jian Wang

Hydrophilic polymer brushes grown via surface‐initiated polymerization from silicon oxide surfaces can detach or degraft in aqueous media. Degrafting of these chain end‐tethered polymers is believed to involve hydrolysis of bonds at the polymer–substrate i ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH2019

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Polymer brushes are a class of thin coatings, where each of chains is tethered to the underlying substrate via one chain end. Densely grafted polymer brushes feature a stretched chain conformation, which in a unique way enhances their lubrication and non-b ...

EPFL2019

Synthesis of Loop Poly(Methyl Methacrylate) Brushes via Chain-End Postpolymerization Modification

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Polymer brushes are typically densely grafted assemblies of polymer chains that are tethered via one end group to a solid substrate. Anchoring linear polymer chains via both end groups to a surface results in loop-type polymer brushes. Although loop polyme ...

American Chemical Society2019

Design and Validation of a Compact Embedded Photometric Device for Real-time Daylighting Computing in Office Buildings

Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Jérôme Henri Kämpf, Yujie Wu

Studies have shown that the exposure to daylight can have substantial visual/non-visual benefits for building occupants. To optimise daylighting provision while maintaining a comfortable visual environment, daylighting control systems have been investigate ...

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A Dual-Edge Pulsewidth Modulator for Fast Dynamic Response DC-DC Converters

Maher Kayal, Federico Faccio, Adil Koukab, Stefano Michelis, Giacomo Ripamonti

Voltage regulator modules are dc-dc converters that power modern microprocessors. They must exhibit a fast dynamic response, in order to achieve satisfactory regulation performance in spite of the rapid load current variations. The pulsewidth modulator is ...

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2019

Design and characterization of variable stiffness structural joints

Gennaro Senatore

This paper presents design and characterization of a new type of structural joint which can vary its stiffness through actuation. Stiffness variation is employed to control the dynamic response of frame structures equipped with such joints. The joint is ma ...

2019

Equilibrium and Out-of-Equilibrium Adherence of Hydrogels against Polymer Brushes

Costantino Creton, Jennifer Mary Adrienne Alice Macron

At low pH, underwater adherence between poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide) hydrogels and poly(acrylic acid) brushes is due to the formation of multiple hydrogen bonds. The effect of the key parameters controlling the formation of these interactions (contact time ...

American Chemical Society2018

Cryogel 3d scaffolds and methods for producing thereof

Philippe Renaud, Thomas Michael Braschler, Amélie Barbara Hildegarde Béduer

A method of producing a cryogel-based multicompartment 3D scaffold is herein disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: a) providing a first frozen polymeric layer on a refrigerated support kept at subzero temperature; b) providing subsequent polymeric ...

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Semiaromatic Polyamides and Copolyamides Comprising Kinked Repeating Units

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The replacement of metals with polymer-based materials is considered to be key to reducing weight, cost, and cycle times in different technological applications, including the automotive and aerospace industries. Semiaromatic polyamides are particularly at ...

EPFL2018