INIMER-CONTAINING RANDOM COPOLYMERS AND CROSSLINKED COPOLYMER FILMS FOR DENSE POLYMER BRUSH GROWTH

摘要

Crosslinkable random copolymers comprising atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) initiators and crosslinked copolymer films formed from the copolymers are provided. The random copolymers, which are polymerized from one or more alkyl halide functional inimers and one or more monomers having a crosslinkable functionality, are characterized by pendant ATRP initiating groups and pendant crosslinkable groups.

主权项

1. A crosslinked copolymer film comprising crosslinked random copolymer chains, wherein the random copolymer is a copolymer of a first monomer comprising an alkyl halide functional group that is capable of acting as an ATRP initiator, and a second monomer, and further wherein the alkyl halide functional groups are pendant groups on the backbone of the random copolymer chains and the crosslinks between the random copolymer chains are formed between crosslinkable functional groups on the second monomers.