Formation of conjugated polymer brushes by surface-initiated catalyst-transfer polycondensation.
Electroactive conjugated polymer brushes of poly(thiophene) and poly(phenylene) have been prepared via a surface-initiated Kumada-type polycondensation reaction, yielding films with a thickness up to 42 nm.
Sontag
S Kyle
SK
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, and Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center, University of Georgia, 220 Riverbend Road, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
Marshall
Nicholas
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Locklin
Jason
J