Surface Modification by Electrostatic Self-Assembly Followed by Covalent Fixation

• Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition Vol. 51; no. 8; pp. 1849 - 1852
• Main Authors: Foston, Marcus, Hubbell, Christopher, Park, Doh-Yeon, Cook, Fred, Tezuka, Yasuyuki, Beckham, Haskell W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim WILEY-VCH Verlag 20.02.2012; WILEY‐VCH Verlag; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Edition: International ed. in English
• Subjects: Covalence; Covalent bonds; Electrostatics; Exhaustion; Fixation; Functional groups; reactive ions; ring-opening; Self assembly; surface modification

Sticks and bonds: Surface‐modifying agents can be functionalized with ionic groups that enable high exhaustion from a processing bath through electrostatic self‐assembly. Using cyclic oniums as the ionic functional groups, thermally induced ring‐opening converts the ionic bonds to covalent bonds, th...