Swelling and durability performance of surface-grafted polymer brushes and brush gels

Original Article

JOURNAL 1902

Organic Communications

VOLUME & ISSUE

Year: 2021 Issue: 1 January-March

PAGES

p.73 - 80

DOI ADDRESS

http://doi.org/10.25135/acg.oc.96.2012.1902

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AUTHORS

Serkan Demirci
Selin Kinali-Demirci

GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

Polymer brushes and brush gels were prepared by RAFT polymerization. Prepared surfaces were characterized by XPS, AFM, ellipsometry, and water contact angle measurements. The swelling properties and stability of surfaces were compared. It was determined that the swelling ratio decreased with increasing grafting density and cross-linker ratio for polymer brushes and brush gels, respectively. As a result, it was observed that cross-linked polymer brushes were more stable than polymer brushes, and the stability and swelling properties of polymer brushes could be controlled by cross-linking.

KEYWORDS

Polymer brush
brush gels
polymeric ionic liquid
RAFT polymerization