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A Covalent‐Chemistry Approach to Giant Macromolecules and Their Wetting Behavior on Solid Substrates
Author(s) -
Zhang Afang,
Barner Jörg,
Göessl Illdiko,
Rabe Jürgen P.,
Schlüter A. Dieter
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200460390
Subject(s) - highly oriented pyrolytic graphite , pyrolytic carbon , wetting , polymer science , adsorption , macromolecule , graphite , polymer , solid surface , covalent bond , molecule , mica , chemistry , methacrylate , polymer chemistry , chemical engineering , materials science , nanotechnology , organic chemistry , copolymer , chemical physics , composite material , engineering , biochemistry , pyrolysis
Hair raising! Poly(methyl methacrylate) chains grown on a dendronized polymer (denpol) having repeat units with terminal 2‐bromoisobutyramide groups produce a hairy surface. When adsorbed on mica, MoS 2 , and highly oriented pyrolytic graphite, the hairy denpol molecules have a quasi two dimensional backbone conformation. The 50‐nm‐long hairs bend back on the MoS 2 (see image) and graphite substrates.