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- Title
Smart Temperature‐Gating and Ion Conductivity Control of Grafted Anodic Aluminum Oxide Membranes.
- Authors
Lee, Min‐Jie; Chen, Yi‐Fan; Lee, Lin‐Ruei; Lin, Yu‐Liang; Zheng, Sheng; Chang, Ming‐Hsuan; Chen, Jiun‐Tai
- Abstract
Over the past few decades, stimuli‐responsive materials have been widely applied to porous surfaces. Permeability and conductivity control of ions confined in nanochannels modified with stimuli‐responsive materials, however, have been less investigated. In this work, the permeability and conductivity control of ions confined in nanochannels of anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) templates modified with thermo‐responsive poly(N‐isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) brushes are demonstrated. By surface‐initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (SI‐ATRP), PNIPAM brushes are successfully grafted onto the hexagonally packed cylindrical nanopores of AAO templates. The surface hydrophilicities of the membranes can be reversibly altered because of the lower critical solution temperature (LCST) behavior of the PNIPAM polymer brushes. From electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) analysis, the temperature‐gating behaviors of the AAO‐g‐PNIPAM membranes exhibit larger impedance changes than those of the pure AAO membranes at higher temperatures because of the aggregation of the grafted PNIPAM chains. The reversible surface properties caused by the extended and collapsed states of the polymer chains are also demonstrated by dye release tests. The smart thermo‐gated and ion‐controlled nanoporous membranes are suitable for future smart membrane applications.
- Subjects
ALUMINUM oxide; IONS; CRITICAL temperature; IMPEDANCE spectroscopy; SURFACE properties; THERMORESPONSIVE polymers
- Publication
Chemistry - A European Journal, 2023, Vol 29, Issue 43, p1
- ISSN
0947-6539
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/chem.202301012