Light-responsive Surface: Photodeformable Cross-linked Liquid-Crystalline Polymers Based on Photochemical Phase Transition / Lang Qin, Yanlei Yu -- Inkjet Printed Liquid Crystal Cilia / Casper L Oosten, Cees WM Bastiaansen, Dirk J Broer -- Liquid Crystal Coatings Switched between Flat and Corrugated Surface Texture / Danqing Liu, Dirk J Broer -- Computational Modeling of Light-triggered Topography Changes of Azobenzene-modified Liquid Crystal Polymer Coatings / Ling Liu, Patrick R Onck -- Dynamic Tribology in Liquid Crystal Coatings / Danqing Liu, Dirk J Broer -- Actuating Hydrogel Thin Films / Leonid Ionov -- Photoresponsive Polymer Hydrogel Coatings that Change Topography / Jelle E Stumpel, Jeroen Schiphorst, Albertus P H J Schenning -- Electrically Responsive Fluoropolymer Surfaces and Devices / Hao Wu, Robert A Hayes -- Functional Polymer Surfaces via Post-polymerization Modification / Wenwen Xue, Xiao-Lei Gong, Patrick Theato -- Haptic Perception of Material Properties / Astrid ML Kappers, Wouter M Bergmann Tiest.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (John Wiley, viewed July 26, 2017).

Adopting an integrated approach, this book covers experiments, theory, and emerging applications. In the first part surfaces are described that change from flat to either a random corrugated or to a well-structured structure, while the second part deals with those surface structures integrated in the coating surface where the structures change their shape or dimension when addressed by an external trigger. A variety of materials are addressed, including liquid crystal polymers, hydrogels, hard acrylates, and soft silicones. The whole is rounded off by a discussion of various applications, including surface controlled flows in microfluidic systems. Of interest to chemists and engineers, researchers in industry and academia, as well as those working in the paint industry and hydrodynamics.