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Simple Benchtop Approach to Polymer Brush Nanostructures Using Visible-Light-Mediated Metal-Free Atom Transfer
Emre H Discekici1,2, Christian W Pester1,2, Nicolas J Treat1,2
1†Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, ‡Materials Research Laboratory, §Materials Department, and ⊥Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States.
Abstract:
The development of an operationally simple, metal-free surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (SI-ATRP) based on visible-light mediation is reported. The facile nature of this process enables the fabrication of well-defined polymer brushes from flat and curved surfaces using a "benchtop" setup that can be easily scaled to four-inch wafers. This circumvents the requirement of stringent air-free environments (i.e., glovebox), and mediation by visible light allows for spatial control on the micron scale, with complex three-dimensional patterns achieved in a single step. This robust approach leads to unprecedented access to brush architectures for nonexperts.
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