Molecular Brushes â•fi Densely Grafted Copolymers Page 1 Brent S. Sumerlin and Krzysztof
Matyjaszewski 10.1 Introduction A graft copolymer consists of several chains of one monomer …

The formation of these tethered chains is generally carried out using either of two
techniques, namely physisorption or chemical bonding of chains to an interface. Typically …

Non-vinyl-based 'grafted from'polymer brushes have generated much interest and growth in
the past decade due to the potential for stiffer backbones, long-range order, and new …

Bottom‐up surface processing with well‐defined polymeric structures becomes increasingly
important in many current technologies. Polymer brushes, that is, assemblies of …

Conspectus Polymer brushes are special macromolecular structures with polymer chains
densely tethered to another polymer chain (one-dimensional, 1D) or the surface of a planar …

Brush-like macromolecules are unique polymer molecules whose conformation and
physical properties are controlled by steric repulsion of densely grafted side chains …

Polymer brushes are thin polymer films in which the individual polymer chains are tethered
by one chain end to a solid interface. The bulk and solution properties of these highly …

A series of densely grafted poly (n-butyl acrylate)(PBA) molecular brushes with four different
grafting densities were synthesized by the “grafting-from” approach using atom transfer …

We report the synthesis and characterization of dense brush polymers with hydrophobic
core and cleavable hydrophobic/hydrophilic grafts. Crosslinked PMMA microspheres, nearly …

This article reviews recent literature on polymer brushes with an emphasis on linear polymer
brushes attached to solid substrate surfaces. The following topics are included:(i) theoretical …