20.500.12556/DiRROS-20515 Water-templated growth of interfacial superglue polymers for tunable thin films and in situ fluid encapsulation Thin polymer films (TPFs) are indispensable elements in numerous technologies ranging from liquid encapsulation to biotechnology to electronics. However, their production typically relies on wet chemistry involving organic solvents or chemical vapor deposition, necessitating elaborate equipment and often harsh conditions. Here, an eco-friendly, fast, and facile synthesis of water-templated interfacial polymers based on cyanoacrylates (superglues, CAs) that yield thin films with tailored properties is demonstrated. Specifically, by exposing a cationic surfactant-laden water surface to cyanoacrylate vapors, surfactant-modulated anionic polymerization produces a manipulable thin polymer film with a thickness growth rate of 8 nm min−1. Furthermore, the shape and color of the film are precisely controlled by the polymerization kinetics, wetting conditions, and/or exposure to patterned light. Using various interfaces as templates for film growth, including the free surface of drops and soap bubbles, the developed method advantageously enables in situ packaging of chemical and biological cargos in liquid phase as well as the encapsulation of gases within solidified bubbles. Simple, versatile, and biocompatible, this technology constitutes a potent platform for programmable coating and soft/smart encapsulation of fluids. thin polymer films fluid encapsulation tanke polimerne plasti true false true Wiley ZDA Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik © 2024 The Author(s). Advanced Materials published by Wiley-VCH GmbH Neznano 2024-10-07 10:31:30 2024-10-07 10:31:31 2024-10-08 03:35:22 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2024 0 0 Nasl. z nasl. zaslona; Soavtorji iz Slovenije: Miha Škarabot, Urban Mur, Miha Ravnik; Opis vira z dne 26. 9. 2024; str. 1-12 iss. , [article no.] 2408243 Vol. 36 [in press] 2024 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 2024-06-10 0000-00-00 2024-08-27 621.7+621.9 1521-4095 10.1002/adma.202408243 209043459 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.202408243 1 8eac532b-8486-11ef-a5bf-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=28921 RAZ_Jampani_Venkata_Subba_R._2024.pdf RAZ_Jampani_Venkata_Subba_R._2024.pdf 1 77E16D70F351525B51BDA0B0B9F959DD 2a8d497faa1d43722e0fe0212f17dc44f73176a1f38f67b89bf092b09c66bcc8 853ea4fd-8489-11ef-a5bf-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=28922 Institut Jožef Stefan 0 0 0