Making Materials That Hate Water to Love Water: The Transformative Power of Chemistry
A simple nonaqueous reaction scheme for transforming the surface of plastics from hydrophobic to hydrophilic is presented. The chemical modification is achieved by the base-catalyzed trans-esterification of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), which is a commonly used plastic. Its use in blood collecti...
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| Language: | English |
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World Scientific Publishing
2017-06-01
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| Series: | Molecular Frontiers Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/pdf/10.1142/S2529732517400028 |