Photolabile SI-PET-RAFT Initiators for Wavelength-Selective Grafting and De-grafting of Polymer Brushes
Brock Hunter,
Kirsten Bell,
Christian W. Pester
Abstract:Polymer brushes offer a wide array of applications in surface modification. While recent advances have made these chemistries more userfriendly, scientific questions about fundamental polymer properties often remain unanswered. For example, copolymer brush composition, chain end fidelity, and dispersity often remain prohibitively challenging to characterize. This conundrum produces a need for chemically precise pathways to evaluate polymer brushes. To this end, this contribution describes the synthesis of an o… Show more
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