Research Article

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

Figure 4

Permeability switching of gPCTEPMs in response to (a) heat and (b) light. Circles correspond to the control ungrafted membrane in (a) and grafted without nanoparticles in (b). Squares correspond to grafted membrane in (a) and grafted membrane with silver nanoparticles in (b).
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