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Surface‐Initiated Ring‐Opening Polymerization of ϵ ‐Caprolactone from a Patterned Poly(hydroxymethyl‐ p ‐xylylene)
Author(s) -
Lahann Jörg,
Langer Robert
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
macromolecular rapid communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.348
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1521-3927
pISSN - 1022-1336
DOI - 10.1002/1521-3927(20010801)22:12<968::aid-marc968>3.0.co;2-r
Subject(s) - xylylene , hydroxymethyl , polymerization , materials science , polymer , polymer chemistry , caprolactone , ring opening polymerization , chemical vapor deposition , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , composite material , chemistry , organic chemistry , engineering
A new strategy toward patterned polymer brushes combining the spatially controlled deposition of poly[(hydroxymethyl‐ p ‐xylylene)‐ co ‐( p ‐xylylene)] ( 1 ) by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) polymerization of 4‐(hydroxymethyl)[2.2]paracyclophane and surface‐initiated ring‐opening polymerization was developed. Patterns of polymer brushes with thicknesses between 53 and 538 Å were created. The approach does not require photolithographic tools and has potential applicability to a wide range of different substrates, such as glasses, polymers, metals or composites.