Shrinking Devices: Shape-Memory Polymer Fabrication of Micro-and Nanostructured Electrodes.

Chemphyschem

Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8S 4M1.

Published: February 2024

The front cover artwork is provided by Prof. Jose Moran-Mirabal's group at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The image shows a 3D rendering and electron microscopy images of micro/nanostructured electrodes, fabricated through thermal shrinking of a shape memory polymer. Read the full text of the Review at 10.1002/cphc.202300535.

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