A Segregation and Deprotection Approach for Hydrophilic Surfaces Using Amphiphilic Block Copolymers Possessing Polystyrene and Poly[(tri(ethylene glycol) methacrylate)] Segments

• Published in: Macromolecular chemistry and physics Vol. 218; no. 12
• Main Authors: Seki, Akiko, Ishizone, Takashi, Oyane, Ayako, Yokoyama, Hideaki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.06.2017
• Subjects: Adsorption; anionic polymerization; Antifouling; block copolymer; Block copolymers; Brushes; Chemical industry; Cooling; Ethylene glycol; Polystyrene resins; Robustness; Segments; Serum albumin; Surface chemistry; surface segregation

This paper fabricates spontaneously formed hydrophilic polymer brushes composed of poly[(tri(ethylene glycol) methacrylate)] (POH3MA) through spontaneous surface segregation of polystyrene‐block‐poly[(tri(ethylene glycol) tert‐butyldimethylsilyl ether methacrylate)] (PS‐b‐PSi3MA) in a polystyrene (P...