Polymer Brushes: Synthesis, Characterization, Applications

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Amongst others, notably industrial coatings, barriers, packaging, laminates, and lubricants, have been associated with the modification of the surface of an object so as to have a specific interaction or non-interaction towards an external environment. These terms have mostly implied the use of organic polymer, surfactant, and resin type materials. While a large body of academic and technical literature associated with bulk films and coatings already exists, development of ultra thin coatings of the sub-micron order has recently become of great interest, spanning a new field of surface engineers in the last decade. In the area of organic and polymer thin films, one may be familiar with the more common industrial techniques like spin-coating, dipcoating, doctor blade coating, and roll-to-roll coating processes. At the few nm thickness regimes, the application of both self-assembly and directed-assembly methods becomes fascinating. Some of the more “nanostructured” assemblies include: Langmuir- Blodgett films, self-assembled monolayers (multilayers), alternate polyelectrolyte (sequential) deposition, and thermal and molecular beam epitaxy methods of evaporated organic molecules. To these examples, one can now add the method of thin films by polymer brushes.

Amongst others, notably industrial coatings, barriers, packaging, laminates, and lubricants, have been associated with the modification of the surface of an object so as to have a specific interaction or non-interaction towards an external environment. These terms have mostly implied the use of organic polymer, surfactant, and resin type materials. While a large body of academic and technical literature associated with bulk films and coatings already exists, development of ultra thin coatings of the sub-micron order has recently become of great interest, spanning a new field of surface engineers in the last decade. In the area of organic and polymer thin films, one may be familiar with the more common industrial techniques like spin-coating, dipcoating, doctor blade coating, and roll-to-roll coating processes. At the few nm thickness regimes, the application of both self-assembly and directed-assembly methods becomes fascinating. Some of the more “nanostructured” assemblies include: Langmuir- Blodgett films, self-assembled monolayers (multilayers), alternate polyelectrolyte (sequential) deposition, and thermal and molecular beam epitaxy methods of evaporated organic molecules. To these examples, one can now add the method of thin films by polymer brushes.

Polymer Brushes: Synthesis, Characterization, Applications

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