Research Article

Coupling Metallic Nanostructures to Thermally Responsive Polymers Allows the Development of Intelligent Responsive Membranes

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Show scanning electron microscopy micrographs of the porous polycarbonate membranes. (a) Control PCTEPM surface without PNIPAM grafts after silver nanoparticles have been synthesized in situ. (b)-(c) Surface and (d) internal structure of PCTEPM that has been grafted with PNIPAM and silver nanoparticles has been synthesized in situ.
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