title: Polymer brushes by the "grafting to" method.
abstract: This paper focuses on the attachment of densely grafted polymer layers (polymer brushes) to various inorganic and polymeric substrates by the "grafting to" method. A brief overview of synthesis of polymer brushes by the method is first provided, with emphasis on chemical approaches to polymer attachment. The second part of the paper covers the synthesis of polymer layers via a recently developed macromolecular anchoring layer approach. Several examples of application of the grafting technique are presented for generation of hydrophobic, hydrophilic, gradient, and switchable surfaces.
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, USA. bogdanz@clemson.edu
authors.forename: Bogdan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zdyrko
authors.forename: Igor
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Luzinov
mesh_terms: D002621:Chemistry / Q000379:methods*; D011108:Polymers / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers