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Patterned Polymer Brushes Grafted from Bromine‐Functionalized, Chemically Active Surface Templates
Author(s) -
Becer C. Remzi,
Haensch Claudia,
Hoeppener Stephanie,
Schubert Ulrich S.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.200600234
Subject(s) - template , bromine , materials science , polymer , surface modification , nanotechnology , polymer chemistry , polymer science , chemical engineering , composite material , engineering , metallurgy
Patterned polymer films are grafted from chemically active surface templates prepared by the localized electrochemical oxidation of an n ‐octadecyltrichlorosilane monolayer to form addressable areas for the site‐selective binding of a bromine‐terminated precursor. Atom‐transfer radical polymerization of polystyrene generated stable, patterned polymer structures of different shapes and dimensions (see image). Electroprinting was used to generate features in the micro/millimeter range.