Ambiguous anti‐fouling surfaces: Facile synthesis by light‐mediated radical polymerization
Abstract
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. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2016, 54, 253–262
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Aug 06, 2015
- Source ID
- 10.1002/pola.27748
Entities
People
- Benjaporn Narupai
- Christian W. Pester
- Christopher Ober
- Craig Hawker
- Edward J. Kramer
- Gregory M Su
- Justin E. Poelma
- Shrayesh N Patel
- Thomas E. Mates
- Yingdong Luo
Organizations
- Cornell University
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Department of Energy
- University of California
- University of California, Santa Barbara