Volume 57, Issue 50 pp. 16380-16384
Communication

“On Water” Surface-initiated Polymerization of Hydrophobic Monomers

Yunjiao Che

Yunjiao Che

Chair of Macromolecular Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden, Mommsenstr. 4, 01069 Dresden, Germany

Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V., Hohe Straße 6, 01069 Dresden, Germany

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Dr. Tao Zhang

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Dr. Tao Zhang

Chair of Macromolecular Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden, Mommsenstr. 4, 01069 Dresden, Germany

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Yunhao Du

Yunhao Du

Chair of Macromolecular Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden, Mommsenstr. 4, 01069 Dresden, Germany

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Dr. Ihsan Amin

Dr. Ihsan Amin

Chair of Macromolecular Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden, Mommsenstr. 4, 01069 Dresden, Germany

Leibniz-Institut für Plasmaforschung und Technologie, Felix-Hausdorff-Straße 2, 17489 Greifswald, Germany

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Claudia Marschelke

Claudia Marschelke

Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V., Hohe Straße 6, 01069 Dresden, Germany

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Prof. Dr. Rainer Jordan

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Prof. Dr. Rainer Jordan

Chair of Macromolecular Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden, Mommsenstr. 4, 01069 Dresden, Germany

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First published: 09 October 2018
Citations: 55

Graphical Abstract

(B)rush order: “On water” surface-initiated Cu-mediated controlled radical polymerization (“on water” SI-CuCRP) is presented. By using this approach hydrophobic monomers in aqueous reaction medium and in the presence of oxygen are converted to polymer brushes at unparalleled speed and efficiency.

Abstract

We present the “on water” surface-initiated Cu-mediated controlled radical polymerization (“on water” SI-CuCRP) that converts hydrophobic monomers in aqueous reaction medium to polymer brushes at unparalleled speed and efficiency. The method allows the facile conversion of a variety of common monomers under most simple reaction conditions and with minimal monomer amounts to thick and homogeneous polymer brushes. The highly living character of the “on water” SI-CuCRP allowed the preparation of decablock (homo)polymer brushes and opens the pathway to sequentially controlled polymer brushes on solids.

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