title: Rapid polymer brush growth by TEMPO-mediated controlled free-radical polymerization from swollen plasma deposited poly(maleic anhydride) initiator surfaces.
abstract: Pulsed plasma-chemical deposition of poly(maleic anhydride) is shown to be a substrate-independent method for functionalizing solid surfaces with initiator sites for nitroxide-mediated controlled free-radical graft polymerization. Swelling of the initiator film via aminolysis can lead to grafted polymer brushes that are 1 order of magnitude thicker than those obtained by existing methods on solid surfaces.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Science Laboratories, Durham University, England, UK.
authors.forename: D O H
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Teare
authors.forename: W C E
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Schofield
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Garrod
authors.forename: J P S
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Badyal