SURFACE INITIATED LIVING CATIONIC POLYMERIZATION OF 2-OXAZOLINES

Authors
JORDAN R ULMAN A
Citation
R. Jordan et A. Ulman, SURFACE INITIATED LIVING CATIONIC POLYMERIZATION OF 2-OXAZOLINES, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 120(2), 1998, pp. 243-247
Citations number
44
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
Journal of the American Chemical Society → ACNP
ISSN journal
00027863
Volume
120
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
243 - 247
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-7863(1998)120:2<243:SILCPO>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
A self-assembled monolayer on a planar gold substrate has been used to initiate the living cationic ring-opening polymerization of 2-ethyl-2 -oxazoline. The polymer chain end was functionalized with an alkyl moi ety by means of the termination reaction in order to form an amphiphil ic brush-type layer. The resulting layer (d similar to 10 nm) of linea r poly(N-propionylethylenimine) (PPEI) is of uniform thickness and was found to be very stable.