Herein, we present a method for controlling the surface properties of a substrate through exposure of the catechol group by acid stimulation. The results showed that the wettability and adhesion properties of the surface of the substrate can be co...
<p>Ferroelectric columnar liquid crystals are materials in which the polar direction can be controlled by applying a voltage and can be maintained after removal of the voltage. In this study, we present an example of a perfectly bistable ferroelec...
<p>Liquid crystalline urea derivatives indicate good electro-responsiveness, and their homeotropic and homogeneous alignments can be easily switched by application and removal of an external electric field. In this study, the columns of liquid cry...
<p>To realize ferroelectrically switchable biaxial smectic A phases, perfluoroarene-arene (PFA-A) interaction and a bent chain structure were introduced to rod-like molecules. In ferroelectric switching experiments, the molecules with a bent termi...
Biomimetic material design is a useful method for producing new functional materials. In recent years, catecholic polymers inspired from the adhesion mechanism of marine organisms have attracted attention. Here, we demonstrated the preparation of ...
COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES 29(1) 53-65 2003年5月
The adsorption of anti-a-feto protein (anti-AFP) onto polystyrene-core-poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-shell particles was investigated as a function of temperature, pH, and salinity. The influence of various physicochemical parameters onto the colloi...