Polymer Brushes: Substrates, Technologies, and Properties

ISBN-13: 9781138074972 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 340 str.

Opis

This book provides a one-stop reference on the various aspects of polymer brush technology, including synthesis, properties, performance, and applications. Along with introductory information for newcomers, the text presents both experimental details and theoretical insights to enable a better understanding of the brush system and to help readers choose the proper synthesis methods and materials for their system. The authors discuss recent advances in the synthesis and characterization of polymer brushes and include examples of many different polymer brush and substrate systems.

Recenzje

The 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 Sciences

Spis treści

Polymer 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.

O autorze

Dr. 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.