Specific ion modulated thermoresponse of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) brushesElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Wafer and QCM sensor preparation, pNIPAM brush synthesis details, ellipsometric data fitting protocol and optical model, polymerisation growth kinetics, as well as sigmoidal fit parameters for all experiments with an example figure defining each parameter. See DOI: 10.1039/c5cp07468a

• Main Authors: Humphreys, Ben A, Willott, Joshua D, Murdoch, Timothy J, Webber, Grant B, Wanless, Erica J
• Format: Journal Article
• Published: 17.02.2016

The influence of specific anions on the equilibrium thermoresponse of poly( N -isopropylacrylamide) (pNIPAM) brushes has been studied using in situ ellipsometry, quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM-D) and static contact angle measurements between 20 and 45 °C in the presence of up to 2...