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Layer‐by‐Layer Assembly of Reactive Ultrathin Films Mediated by Click‐Type Reactions of Poly(2‐Alkenyl Azlactone)s
Author(s) -
Buck M. E.,
Zhang J.,
Lynn D. M.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200700822
Subject(s) - passivation , layer (electronics) , surface modification , fabrication , reactivity (psychology) , materials science , covalent bond , click chemistry , nanotechnology , chemical modification , polymer science , combinatorial chemistry , polymer chemistry , chemistry , organic chemistry , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
Covalently crosslinked ultrathin films can be fabricated layer‐by‐layer by exploiting fast and efficient click‐type reactions between polyamines and the ‘spring‐loaded' functionality of poly(2‐alkenyl azlactone)s. The accessibility and reactivity of residual azlactone functionality in these ultrathin materials permits further functionalization post‐fabrication, suggesting new approaches to the modification, passivation, or patterning of curved or topologically complex surfaces with chemical or biological functionality.