Polymer Brushes

Materials scientists, polymer chemists, surface physicists and materials engineers will find this book a complete and detailed treatise on the field of polymer brushes, their synthesis, characterization and manifold applications. In a first section, the various synthetic pathways and different surface materials are introduced and explained, followed by a second section covering important aspects of characterization and analysis in both flat surfaces and particles. These specific surface initiated polymerization (SIP) systems such as linear polymers, homopolymers, block copolymers, and hyperbranched polymers are unique compared to previously reported systems by chemisorption or physisorption. They have found their way in both large-scale and miniature applications of polymer brushes, which is covered in the last section. Such ‘hairy’ surfaces offer fascinating opportunities for addressing numerous problems of both academic and, in particular, industrial interest: high-quality, functional or protective coatings, composite materials, surface engineered particles, metal-organic interfaces, biological applications, micro-patterning, colloids, nanoparticles, functional devices, and many more. It is the desire of the authors that this book will be of benefit to readers who want to “brush-up on polymers”.

OVERVIEW
Polymer Brushes: On the Way to Tailor-made Surfaces
SYNTHESIS
Recent Advances in Polymer Brush Synthesis
Polymer Brushes by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization
Polymer Brushes by ATRP Initiated from Macroiniator Synthesized on Surface
Synthesis of Polypeptide Brushes
Bottle Brush Brushes: Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactide from Poly(hydroxyethyl methacrylate) Surfaces
Preparation of Well-Defined Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Nanostructures Using Living Cationic Surface-Initiated Polymerization from Silica Nanoparticles.
Photoinitiated Polymerization from Self-Assembled Monolayers.
Recent Advances in the Synthesis and Rearrangement of Block Copolymer Brushes
Surface-Grafted Hyperbranched Polymers
CHARACTERIZATION
The Analysis and Characterization of Polymer Brushes: from Flat surfaces to Nanoparticles.
Characterization of Polymer Brushes on Nanoparticle Surfaces
Spherical Polyelectrolytes
Weak Polyelectrolyte Brushes - Complex Formation and Multilayer Built-up with Oppositely Charged Polyelectrolytes
Structure and Properties of High-Density Polymer Brushes
Behavior of surface-anchored poly(acrylic acid) brushes with grafting density gradients on solid surfaces
Kinetics of Polymer Brush Formation With and Without Segmental Adsorption
APPLICATIONS
Applications of Polymer Brushes and Other Surface-Attached Polymers
Polymer Brushes: Towards Applications
Polymerization, Nanopatterning, and Characterization of Surface Confined, Stimul-Responsive Polymer Brushes
Mixed Polymer Brushes, Switching of Surface Behavior and Chemical Patterning at the Nanoscale
Local Chain Organization Of Switchable Binary Polymer Brushes in Selective Solvents
Motion of Nano-objects Induced by a Switchable Polymer Carpet
Photochemical Strategies for the Preparation and Microstructuring of Densely Grafted Polymer Brushes on Planar Surfaces

• Edited by Rigoberto C. Advincula
• Edited by William J. Brittain
• Edited by Kenneth C. Caster
• Edited by Jürgen Rühe

"... a good investment for scientists active in this modern field of research or for those who would like to enter this exciting interdisciplinary field."
Advanced Materials
 
"...a valuable reference for scientists, technologists, and engineers with an interest in this field and is recommended for academic and industrial libraries."
Polymer News
 
"With the aid of an impressive team of contributors, the editors have succeeded in compiling a book that combines general information on polymer brushes with detailed scientific treatises. ... presents the state-of-the-art in this research field in a comprehensive and easily accessible way. Therefore, this book is of great interest to scientists who want to learn more about this new area in materials research, as well as to polymer brush experts who are interested in the latest developments."
Angewandte Chemie I.E.
 
"This book should be consulted by specialists in the field as well as by scientists and students who want to enter the field of thin film preparation, characterization and application. I wish this book a place in many bookshelves."
Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics
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"Polymer Brushes ist eines der ersten Bücher, das sich dem Thema Polymerbürsten widmet. ... Den Herausgebern und Autoren ist ein Buch gelungen, das zum richtigen Maße allgemeine Informationen über Polymerbürsten mit detaillierten Forschungsergebnissen verbindet und dem Leser den aktuellen Stand der Forschung umfassend und verständlich vermittelt. Die Lektüre ist beidermaßen für Einsteiger in die Thematik und für Fachleute, die sich für die neuesten Entwicklungen interessieren, hervorragend geeignet."
Angewandte Chemie und International Edition
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