Light-Driven Wettability Changes on a Photoresponsive Electrospun Mat
ACS Nano2011Vol. 5(2), pp. 1549–1555
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Abstract
Novel nanofibers of biodegradable polycaprolactone (PCL) modified with light-responsive azobenzene were prepared by electrospinning upon a facile one-pot reaction. The surface chemistry of the nanofibers was probed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS). Both XPS and ToF-SIMS spectra proved the successful conjugation of azobenzene with PCL. ToF-SIMS not only enabled chemical mapping but also provided morphology information, supplementary to scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The large, reversible, and light-responsive wettability changes of the functional fibrous surfaces were further demonstrated using UV-vis spectroscopy and contact angle (CA) measurements.
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