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Antimicrobial cutting boards. Flame-retardant carpets. Friction-resistant bearings. Engineered surfaces add value to the things we use, providing extra layers of safety, easing their operation, preserving their quality or adding utility. A new method of engineering polymer brush patterns developed at UC Santa Barbara promises to cut down processing time while adding versatility in design.
Researchers are looking to greatly improve on the concept with a method of micron-scale surface chemical patterning that can not only decrease time and money spent in their manufacture, but also add versatility to their design.Image credit: Christian Pester, UC Santa Barbara
