title: pH Responsive Polymeric Brush Nanostructures: Preparation and Characterization by Scanning Probe Oxidation and Surface Initiated Polymerization.
abstract: pH-responsive PHEMA-based polymeric nanostructures were grown in a controlled manner by ATRP-based surface-initiated polymerization. Initiator nanopatterns were obtained on silicon wafers covered with OTS resists made by AFM scanning probe oxidation lithography. AFM images confirmed isolated grafting of stimuli-responsive hedge and dot brush structures exhibiting dimensions corresponding to a few tens of chains.
authors.affiliation: Materials Science and Technology of Polymers, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, NL-7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Edmondo M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Benetti
authors.forename: Hong Jing
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: G Julius
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Vancso