@article{b0e6b9ad714a4f9c827f1d4b88dfe8b9,
title = "Scalable Air-Tolerant μL-Volume Synthesis of Thick Poly(SPMA) Brushes Using SI-ARGET-ATRP",
abstract = "We present a facile procedure for preparing thick (up to 300 nm) poly(3-sulfopropyl methacrylate) brushes using SI-ARGET-ATRP by conducting the reaction in a fluid film between the substrate and a coverslip. This method is advantageous in a number of ways: it does not require deoxygenation of the reaction solution, and the monomer conversion is much higher than usual since only a minimal amount of solution (microliters) is used, resulting in a tremendous reduction (∼50×) of wasted reagents. Moreover, this method is particularly suitable for grafting brushes to large substrates.",
keywords = "UT-Hybrid-D",
author = "Veldscholte, {Lars Bastiaan} and {de Beer}, Sissi",
note = "Funding Information: The authors thank Maria Bri{\'o} P{\'e}rez for helping draw the graphical abstract, donating Si-APTES-PGMA-TRIS substrates, and discussions. We also thank Sander Reuvekamp and Jannis Schlicke for fruitful discussions. This research received funding from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) in the framework of the ENW PPP Fund for the top sectors and from the Ministry of Economic Affairs in the framework of the “PPS-Toeslagregeling” regarding the Soft Advanced Materials consortium. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2023 The Authors. Published by American Chemical Society.",
year = "2023",
month = sep,
day = "8",
doi = "10.1021/acsapm.3c01628",
language = "English",
volume = "5",
pages = "7652–7657",
journal = "ACS Applied Polymer Materials",
issn = "2637-6105",
publisher = "American Chemical Society",
number = "9",
}