The talk will focus on the state-of-the-art techniques and strategies for making nanostructured polymer materials and films. Key to the approach is the use of chemical grafting and precursor strategies to nanoscale thin film surfaces - direct attachment of functional polymers on surfaces. This can be done on thin film coatings on flat surfaces to colloidal nanoparticles using surface-initiated-polymerization (SIP) and precursor electropolymerization. The use of surface and interfacial sensitive analytical methods is also key to understanding nanostructuring. A variety of chemistry from living radical polymerization to metathesis polymerization is presented. Patterning and colloidal templating can also be demonstrated as having an effective role in demonstrating phenomena and utility of such materials. Examples of practical and industrial applications will be given on the following: electro-optical display devices, sensors by imprinting, turn-on and turn-off self-cleaning surfaces, nanocomposite coatings for anti-corrosion and anti-microbial applications.

Nanostructured polymer interfaces: From polymer brushes, nanocomposites, and patterning

243rd National Meeting (2012)

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