Polymer Brushes - Substrates, Technologies, and Properties

Polymer Brushes: Substrates, Technologies, and Properties covers various aspects of polymer brush technology, including synthesis, properties, performance, and applications. It presents both experimental details and theoretical insights to enable a better understanding of the brush system.After an overview of polymer brush systems, the book discusses methods for grafting organic brushes from the surface of clay platelets and for the covalent grafting of PNIPAm brushes. It then describes ferrocene polymer brushes, nonfouling brushes on poly(ethylene terephthalate) film surfaces, brushes formed on the inner surface of cylindrical pores, and the "zipper brush" approach. The authors examine the use of scanning electrochemical microscopy for analyzing brushes and compare surface-controlled atom transfer radical polymerization and surface-controlled single-electron transfer living radical polymerization. They also explore the application of polymer brushes in the chromatographic separations of viruses and proteins and the suppression of proteins and cell adhesions. The text concludes with a look at how polymer brushes are synthesized by surface-initiated iniferter-mediated polymerization.This book provides a one-stop reference on the various substrates and technologies used to synthesize polymer brushes. The hands-on information in the text will help readers choose the proper synthesis methods and materials for their system.Table of ContentPolymer Brushes: An Overview. Grafting of Organic Brushes on the Surface of Clay Platelets. Collapse, Compression, and Adhesion of Poly(N-Isopropylacrylamide) Brushes. Ferrocene-Functionalized Polymer Brushes: Synthesis and Applications. Preparation and Characterization of Nonfouling Polymer Brushes on Poly(Ethylene Terephthalate) Film Surfaces. Formation of Polymer Brushes inside Cylindrical Pores. Polymer Brushes through Adsorption: From Early Attempts to the Ultra-Dense and Reversible "Zipper Brush". Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy: Principles and Applications for the Manipulation of Polymer Brushes. Comparison of Surface-Confined ATRP and SET-LRP Syntheses of Polymer Brushes. Stimulus-Responsive Polymer Brushes on Polymer Particles’ Surfaces and Applications. Well-Defined Concentrated Polymer Brushes of Hydrophilic Polymers: Suppression of Protein and Cell Adhesions. Polymer Brushes by Surface-Initiated Iniferter-Mediated Polymerization.Review QuoteThe main theme of this book is the surface modification with polymer brushes. The book is addressed to experimentalists. It contains a detailed description of methods of preparation and properties of brushes formed by polymers of different chemical structures. This is the main strength of the book.—Tatiana Birshtein, Institute of Macromolecular Compounds of the Russian Academy of SciencesBiographical NoteDr. Vikas Mittal is an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Petroleum Institute in Abu Dhabi. He has previously worked at BASF Polymer Research in Ludwigshafen, Germany, and the Sun Chemical Group Europe in London. Dr. Mittal’s research interests include organic-inorganic nanocomposites, novel filler surface modifications, thermal stability enhancements, and polymer latexes with functionalized surfaces.