title: Patterned polymer brushes.
abstract: This critical review summarizes recent developments in the fabrication of patterned polymer brushes. As top-down lithography reaches the length scale of a single macromolecule, the combination with the bottom-up synthesis of polymer brushes by surface-initiated polymerization becomes one main avenue to design new materials for nanotechnology. Recent developments in surface-initiated polymerizations are highlighted along with diverse strategies to create patterned polymer brushes on all length scales based on irradiation (photo- and interference lithography, electron-beam lithography), mechanical contact (scanning probe lithography, soft lithography, nanoimprinting lithography) and on surface forces (capillary force lithography, colloidal lithography, Langmuir-Blodgett lithography) (116 references).
authors.affiliation: Professur für Makromolekulare Chemie, Department Chemie, Technische Universität Dresden, Zellescher Weg 19, 01069 Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Ihsan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Amin
authors.forename: Rainer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jordan
mesh_terms: D004583:Electrons; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D011327:Printing / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers