Surface Treatment

Smart Surface Enables Advanced Manipulation of Droplets

August 16, 2017

UBC-developed smart surface offers fast and reversible surface wetting properties-from superhydrophobic (water-repellant) to superhydrophilic (water-attractive) using a small voltage that could be supplied by conventional batteries. For [more...]

Organic Silicons’ Role in Surface Modification of Medical Devices

April 16, 2017

For many medical device manufacturers, proprietary coatings and surface treatments can play a significant role in product development and upgrading legacy medical devices under 510(k) guidelines. Silicon dioxide, or silica, is one of the [more...]

Alternative Lab-on-a-Chip Material

February 24, 2016

A close-up image of micro-scale pillars that were formed — or, photostructured — in the OSTE polymer using UV light. (Credit: KTH Royal Institute of Technology) Researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology have developed a new [more...]

Smart Hydrogel Coating Creates Stick-slip Control of Capillary Action

August 2, 2015

Capillary action in coated tube (Close-up image shows water from a droplet moving into a narrow glass tube that has been coated on the inside with a hydrogel material, Image Credit: John Toon, Georgia Tech) Coating the inside of glass [more...]