Surface-initiated controlled radical polymerization: state-of-the-art, opportunities, and challenges in surface and interface engineering with polymer brushes

JO Zoppe, NC Ataman, P Mocny, J Wang… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The generation of polymer brushes by surface-initiated controlled radical polymerization (SI-
CRP) techniques has become a powerful approach to tailor the chemical and physical …

Polymer brushes: efficient synthesis and applications

C Feng, X Huang - Accounts of chemical research, 2018 - ACS Publications
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Copper-mediated living radical polymerization (atom transfer radical polymerization and copper (0) mediated polymerization): from fundamentals to …

C Boyer, NA Corrigan, K Jung, D Nguyen… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The discovery of the first “living” radical polymerization by Otsu and co-workers (1) in 1982
heralded the start of a very exciting time for polymer chemists. Since then, a plethora of living …

Mussel-inspired fabrication of functional materials and their environmental applications: progress and prospects

X Zhang, Q Huang, F Deng, H Huang, Q Wan… - Applied Materials …, 2017 - Elsevier
Mussel-inspired chemistry has recently emerged as one of the most important and interest
surface modification method owing to its gentle experiment conditions, high modification …

Cu (0)-mediated living radical polymerization: a versatile tool for materials synthesis

A Anastasaki, V Nikolaou, G Nurumbetov… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
During the past decade we have witnessed the rapid development and understanding of
living radical polymerization (LRP)(or reversible deactivation radical polymerizations …

Ultra-light, compressible and fire-resistant graphene aerogel as a highly efficient and recyclable absorbent for organic liquids

J Li, J Li, H Meng, S Xie, B Zhang, L Li, H Ma… - Journal of Materials …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Compressive graphene aerogels were obtained by the one-step reduction and self-
assembly of graphene oxide with ethylenediamine and then freeze-drying. The aerogels …

Macroporous graphene oxide–polymer composite prepared through Pickering high internal phase emulsions

Z Zheng, X Zheng, H Wang, Q Du - ACS applied materials & …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Macroporous polymer–graphene oxide (GO) composites were successfully prepared using
Pickering high internal phase emulsion (HIPE) templates. GO flakes were modified by the …

Ambient pressure dried graphene aerogels with superelasticity and multifunctionality

H Yang, T Zhang, M Jiang, Y Duan… - Journal of Materials …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
We report an ambient pressure dried graphene aerogel (ADGA) with superelasticity (rapidly
recoverable from> 90% compression) and multifunctionality that could be obtained with …

Cu (0)-mediated living radical polymerization: recent highlights and applications; a perspective

A Anastasaki, V Nikolaou, DM Haddleton - Polymer Chemistry, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Cu (0)-mediated living radical polymerization or single electron transfer living radical
polymerization (Cu (0)-mediated LRP or SET-LRP) is a versatile polymerization technique …

Preparation of graphene oxide coated polystyrene microspheres by Pickering emulsion polymerization

G Yin, Z Zheng, H Wang, Q Du, H Zhang - Journal of colloid and interface …, 2013 - Elsevier
Exfoliated graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets with hydrophilic oxygen-containing functional
groups and hydrophobic residual conjugated structure are prepared by the oxidation of …