Tunable Thermoresponsive Polymeric Platforms on Gold by Photoiniferter-Based Surface Grafting

Benetti, Edmondo M. and Zapotoczny, Szczepan and Vancso, G. Julius (2007) Tunable Thermoresponsive Polymeric Platforms on Gold by Photoiniferter-Based Surface Grafting. Advanced Materials, 19 (2). pp. 268-271. ISSN 0935-9648

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Abstract:	Thermoresponsive brushes with a tunable structure are grafted in a controlled way to gold substrates, exploiting an initiator-transfer-terminator agent (iniferter)-based photopolymerization. The chain length of the polymers is controlled by using UV light as a trigger and the end groups exposed are shown to be easily exchangeable following the grafting process. Reversible volume shrinkage/expansion, roughening, and variation of adhesion are observed.
Item Type:	Article
Copyright:	© 2007 Wiley InterScience
Faculty:	Science and Technology (TNW)
Research Group:	Materials Science and Technology of Polymers (MTP)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/72327
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.200601554
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