Surface initiated polymerization (SIP) is a leading method for producing polymer brush grafted surfaces. SIP or grafting-from has been used to produce high density brushes using a variety of controlled radical and ring-opening polymerization mechanisms. Little work exists to show the efficacy of SIP’s in anionic conditions. Unlike radical polymerization mechanisms, anionic polymerizations have no inherent means of termination and are not susceptible to coupling reactions which can result in lower dispersity of brush length at high grafting density. Brush modified surfaces are useful in reducing friction and wear and can serve as anti-fouling coatings. The presented work focuses on the growth of well-defined and low dispersity polymer brushes employing an anionic SIP mechanism from a variety of substrate materials.

Anionic polymerization of brush polymers for particles and surfaces

256th National Meeting (2018)

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