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Preparation and Friction Force Microscopy Measurements of Immiscible, Opposing Polymer Brushes
Published on: December 24, 2014
A switchable polymer brush system for antifouling and controlled detection
Serkan Demirci1, Selin Kinali-Demirci2, Shan Jiang3
1Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA. srkndemirci@gmail.com sdemirci@iastate.edu and Materials Science and Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA. sjiang1@iastate.edu and Department of Chemistry, Amasya University, Amasya 05100, Turkey.
Abstract:
A stimuli-responsive polymer brush system is designed to switch on and off surface functionality and prevent functional groups from fouling by grafting together two polymer brushes with precisely controlled lengths. The polymer brush with functional groups has a fixed length, while the other brush extends and collapses as the environment changes.
