Modular and Substrate-Independent Grafting-To Procedure for Functional Polymer Coatings.

ABSTRACT: The ability to tailor polymer brush coatings to the last nanometer has arguably placed them among the most powerful surface modification techniques currently available. Generally, the synthesis procedures for polymer brushes are designed for a specific surface type and monomer functionality and cannot be easily employed otherwise. Herein, we describe a modular and straightforward two-step grafting-to approach that allows introduction of polymer brushes of a desired functionality onto a large range of chemically different substrates. To illustrate the modularity of the procedure, gold, silicon oxide (SiO₂), and polyester-coated glass substrates were modified with five different block copolymers. In short, the substrates were first modified with a universally applicable poly(dopam

SUBMITTER: Teunissen LW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10249404 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature