High-density liquid-crystalline azobenzene polymer brush attained by surface-initiated ring-opening metathesis polymerization.
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High-density polynorbornene azobenzene liquid-crystalline brushes are synthesized on quartz substrates by surface-initiated ring-opening metathesis polymerization (SI-ROMP) using Grubbs third-generation catalyst. The grafting process is controlled over the thickness of the brush from a solid-supported substrate in a stoichiometric manner. A highly ordered liquid-crystal arrangement was formed for such brushes as revealed by spectroscopic measurements and grazing angle X-ray diffraction analysis. Marked features of this method in the structure and photoalignment behavior are unveiled by comparison with brushes made by surface-initiated atom-transfer radical polymerization (SI-ATRP).
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
دوره 29 25 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013