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Supported polyelectrolyte multilayer (PEM) thin films produced by layer-by-layer self assembly, show interesting phenomena upon elongation and release like lithography-free surface structuring, controlled wettability, and stimuli-responsive nanovalves. To understand these effects, the structure and orientation change of PEM, when exposed to linear elongation were investigated by means of pyrene labeled...