A plurality of polymer slides, each having a polymer part with a first polymer surface portion uncoated and a second surface portion coated with a metal. The first and second surface portions each have different surface coating properties and have respective first and second specified degrees of hydrophobicity which are different from each other. A hydrophobic small molecule is located in the polymer part of each polymer slide, and the hydrophobic small molecule and the polymer are essentially inert to one another. Adjacent polymer slides are arranged in a manner that the first polymer surface of one slide faces a metal coated second surface portion of another slide. The hydrophobic small molecule evaporates from said first polymer surface portion of the polymer part of one polymer slide onto the adjacent metal coated second surface portion of another polymer slide.

A plurality of polymer slides, each having a polymer part with a first polymer surface portion uncoated and a second surface portion coated with a metal. The first and second surface portions each have different surface coating properties and have respective first and second specified degrees of hydrophobicity which are different from each other. A hydrophobic small molecule is located in the polymer part of each polymer slide, and the hydrophobic small molecule and the polymer are essentially inert to one another. Adjacent polymer slides are arranged in a manner that the first polymer surface of one slide faces a metal coated second surface portion of another slide. The hydrophobic small molecule evaporates from said first polymer surface portion of the polymer part of one polymer slide onto the adjacent metal coated second surface portion of another polymer slide.

The present disclosure relates to a cyclic polysulfane-based polymer, a cyclic polysulfane-polynorbornene block copolymer, a method of preparing the cyclic polysulfane-based polymer, a method of preparing the cyclic polysulfane-polynorbornene block copolymer, and a film including the cyclic polysulfane-polynorbornene block copolymer.

The present disclosure relates to a cyclic polysulfane-based polymer, a cyclic polysulfane-polynorbornene block copolymer, a method of preparing the cyclic polysulfane-based polymer, a method of preparing the cyclic polysulfane-polynorbornene block copolymer, and a film including the cyclic polysulfane-polynorbornene block copolymer.

The present disclosure relates to a cyclic polysulfane-based polymer, a cyclic polysulfane-polynorbornene block copolymer, a method of preparing the cyclic polysulfane-based polymer, a method of preparing the cyclic polysulfane-polynorbornene block copolymer, and a film including the cyclic polysulfane-polynorbornene block copolymer.

A method of producing a polymer part comprising the following steps: (a) incorporating a hydrophobic small molecule into the polymer before, during or after manufacture of the polymer part, the hydrophobic small molecule and the polymer being essentially inert to one another; and (b) annealing the polymer part to induce migration of the hydrophobic small molecules to a surface of the polymer part to provide that surface with a specified degree of hydrophobicity defined by the combination of the polymer and the hydrophobic small molecule; is described. Polymer parts made according to the method are also described.