화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, Vol.54, No.2, 253-262, 2016
Ambiguous Anti-Fouling Surfaces: Facile Synthesis by Light-Mediated Radical Polymerization
In an attempt to create a polymer brush-based platform for the systematic study for anti-biofouling surfaces, the benefits of surface initiated, visible light-mediated radical polymerization are utilized to fabricate well-defined, chemically ambiguously patterned surfaces. A variety of analytical tools are used to illustrate the precise tuning of surface chemistry and thoroughly characterize spatially well-defined, hydrophilic/hydrophobic surfaces composed of poly(ethylene glycol methacrylate) and poly(trifluoroethyl methacrylate) with chemical definition on the micron scale. Advantages of both visible light-mediated photopolymerization and traditional copper-catalyzed atom transfer radical polymerization are combined to achieve both high spatial control and expanded monomer tolerance. (C) 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.