title: Achieving Ultralow Fouling under Ambient Conditions via Surface-Initiated ARGET ATRP of Carboxybetaine.
abstract: We achieved ultralow fouling on target surfaces by controlled polymerization of carboxybetaine under ambient conditions. The polymerization process for grafting polymer films onto the surfaces was carried out in air and did not require any deoxygenation step or specialized equipment. This method allows one to conveniently introduce a nonfouling polymer network onto large substrates.
authors.forename: Daewha
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2339-2188
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Hsiang-Chieh
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Hung
authors.forename: Kan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Xiaojie
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Sijun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219, United States.
authors.forename: Keith E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: Shaoyi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jiang
keywords: activator regenerated by electron transfer (ARGET); atomic transfer radical polymerization (ATRP); carboxybetaine; ultralow fouling; zwitterionic materials