Surface‐initiated living radical polymerization of self‐assembling L‐phenylalanine‐derived monomer from silica for RP‐HPLC application

A facile strategy to modify TiO2 nanoparticles via surface‐initiated ATRP of styrene

“…During the past decades, organic/inorganic hybrid nanocomposites, because of their excellent optical, electronic, magnetic, mechanical, catalytic properties and their potential application as functional materials, have attracted considerable attention 1–5. Although polymers offer good processiblity and relatively low cost compared with metals or ceramics, pristine polymeric materials often face application limitations because of some poor inherent properties, such as low modulus and/or low thermal stability 6.…”

“…During the past decades, organic/inorganic hybrid nanocomposites, because of their excellent optical, electronic, magnetic, mechanical, catalytic properties and their potential application as functional materials, have attracted considerable attention. [1][2][3][4][5] Although polymers offer good processiblity and relatively low cost compared with metals or ceramics, pristine polymeric materials often face application limitations because of some poor inherent properties, such as low modulus and/or low thermal stability. 6 Because of the high surface areas of the nanoparticles and their interactions with the polymer chains, the hybrid nanocomposites can exhibit unusual, possibly unique properties, which cannot be obtained simply by comixing the polymeric component with the inorganic phase.…”

Influence of compartmental involvement on the patterns of morbidity in soft tissue sarcoma of the thigh

“…Controlled radical polymerization, such as atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP),21–23 is an effective approach to prepare well‐defined polymers. The surface‐initiated ATRP has been widely studied to introduce well‐defined polymer brushes to various substrate surfaces, like silicon,24 particles,25, 26 nanofibers,27 nanotubes,28 montmorillonite,29, 30 and porous polymeric substrates,31–34 and consequently to endow the substrates with versatile properties and functionalities 21–34. For most cases, surface‐initiated ATRP requires immobilization of the initiating groups of ATRP to the substrate surfaces.…”

The fabrication and self-flocculation effect of hybrid TiO2 nanoparticles grafted with poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) at ambient temperature via surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization

“…Organic/inorganic hybrid nanoparticles can exhibit unusual, unique properties because of the high surface areas of nanoparticles and interactions of nanoparticles with functional organic chains. 1,2 So in recent years there has been increased interest in coating surfaces of nanoparticles with thin polymers for various studies on its optical, electronic, magnetic, mechanical and catalytic characters to increase their potential applications. [3][4][5] However, such hybrids usually cannot be obtained simply by mixing the polymeric component with the inorganic phase.…”