REVERSIBLE SWITCHING BETWEEN SUPER HYDROPHOBIC AND SUPER HYDROPHILIC STATES

摘要

The present invention disclosed herein is a reversible switching system that switches surfaces from being hydrophilic to hydrophobic and vice-versa. More particularly, the invention relates to reversible switching system comprising a positively charged conjugated polymer; a micelle and a hydrocarbon component that is affected by a potential such that the system switches from being super hydrophilic to super hydrophobic due to, the polyvalent interaction between surfactant assemblies and delocalized charges of an insoluble polymer results in surface modification of the polymer. These systems find application in antisticking coating, anticontamination coating and wicking surfaces.