POLYELECTROLYTE MULTILAYERS CONTAINING PHOTOREACTIVE GROUPS

The synthesis of a photocrosslinkable polycation and its use in the as sembly of alternating polyelectrolyte multilayers are described. Chara cterization by UV/VIS spectroscopy and time-of-flight secondary ion ma ss spectroscopy (ToF-SIMS) reveals the influence of the crosslinking o n the physical properties of the build-ups. Remarkably, the assembly o f such multilayer structures is not only possible on hydrophilic subst rates, but also on apolar poly(propylene). In this case, the crosslink able polycation turns out to be especially useful to obtain stable, so lvent resistant coatings.