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Engineered Polymer Brushes by Carbon Templating
Author(s) -
Steenackers Marin,
Jordan Rainer,
Küller Alexander,
Grunze Michael
Publication year - 2009
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.200900500
Subject(s) - materials science , polymer , nanotechnology , surface modification , polymer brush , fabrication , carbon fibers , substrate (aquarium) , brush , polymer science , chemical engineering , composite material , polymerization , composite number , medicine , oceanography , alternative medicine , pathology , engineering , geology
A general method for the fabrication of stable polymer brushes of programmable three‐dimensional shapes and different chemical functions is presented. The carbon templating method allows the functionalization of a broad variety of substrates without the need of a specific surface chemistry. As an example, the AFM scan of complex polymer brush structures on a bare GaAs substrate is shown.