Reversible Collapse of Brushlike Macromolecules in Ethanol and Water Vapours as Revealed by Real-Time Scanning Force Microscopy

Cover Picture: Reversible Collapse of Br

Cover Picture: Reversible Collapse of Brushlike Macromolecules in Ethanol and Water Vapours as Revealed by Real-Time Scanning Force Microscopy (Chem. Eur. J. 18/2004)

✍ Marat O. Gallyamov; Bernd Tartsch; Alexei R. Khokhlov; Sergei S. Sheiko; Hans G. 📂 Article 📅 2004 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 27 KB

**The cover picture shows** the visualization of single poly(__n__‐butyl acrylate) brush molecules in real time by scanning force microscopy as they transform reversibly from an extended wormlike state to a compact globular state. The reversible transformation is effected by co‐adsorption of water o