Desorption of thiol-based self-assembled monolayers on gold surfaces makes surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (SI-ATRP) challenging and results in reduced density “grafted from” polymer fi lm. In this work, in situ attenuated total refl ectance-Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy shows that copper-based catalysts typically used in SI-ATRP cause substantial des...

Abstract Atom-transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) is a well-known technique for controlled polymer synthesis. However, the ATRP usually employed toxic heavy metal ionas as catalyst and was susceptible to molecular oxygen, which made it should be conducted under strictly anoxic condition. Conducting ambient biocompatible conditions major challenge. In this study, cytochrome C explored an effi...

Herein we present a simple batch method to control polymer dispersity using mixture of two ATRP initiators with different reactivities.

Surface initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (SI-ATRP) is one of the most versatile technique to modify the surface properties of material. Recent developed metal free SIATRP makes such technique more widely applicable. Herein photo-induced metal-free SI-ATRP of methacrylates, such as methyl methacrylate, N-isopropanyl acrylamide, and N,Ndimethylaminoethyl methacrylate, on the surface...

To enhance the cytocompatibility of polycaprolactone (PCL), cell-adhesive gelatin is covalently immobilized onto the PCL film surface via two surface-modified approaches: a conventional chemical immobilization process and a surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) process. Kinetics studies reveal that the polymer chain growth from the PCL film using the ATRP process is form...

Cationic polymers with various structures have been widely investigated in the areas of medical diagnostics and molecular biology because of their unique binding properties and capability to interact with biological molecules in complex biological environments. In this work, we report the grafting of a linear cationic polymer from an atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) initiator bound t...

The synthesis of polymer brush decorated silica nano-particles is demonstrated by activator regeneration by electron transfer atom transfer radical polymerization (ARGET ATRP) grafting of poly(tert-butyl methacrylate). ATRP initiator decorated silica nano-particles were obtained using a novel trimethylsiloxane derivatised ATRP initiator obtained by click chemistry. Comparison of de-grafted poly...

Combining inkjet printing and atom-transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) provides a straightforward and versatile method for producing patterned polymer surfaces that may serve as platforms for a variety of applications. We report the use of drop-on-demand technology to print binary chemical gradients and simple patterns onto solid substrates and, by using surface-confined ATRP, amplify these ...

This paper explored the method of combining atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) technology and hyperbranched polymer principle to prepare the high capacity chelating resin. First, surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (SI-ATRP) method was used to graft glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) on chloromethylated cross-linked styrene-divinylbenzene resin, and then the novel polyamine...

Copolymere sind die Antwort auf limitierten Eigenschaften von Homopolymeren. Um gesamte Vielfalt der verfügbaren Monomere nutzen zu können, werden derzeit Katalysatoren untersucht, in mehr als einem Polymerisationsmechanismus aktiv sind. Eisen-Guanidin-Katalysatoren haben sich bei ROP Lactid außerordentlich erwiesen und zeigen jetzt ihre Vielseitigkeit, indem sie auch ATRP Styrol katalysieren. ...