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.
Original language | Undefined |
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Pages (from-to) | 268-271 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Advanced materials |
Volume | 19 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2007 |
Keywords
- IR-72327
- Nanolithography
- METIS-240349
- Polymer brushes
- Thermoresponsive materials
- Photopolymerization