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J Am Chem Soc
; 128(40): 13040-1, 2006 Oct 11.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-17017769
ABSTRACT
A simple approach is described here for the in-place synthesis of polymer brushes by surface-initiated polymerization. A cyano-terminated self-assembled monolayer on a gold surface was used to anchor a highly active cationic Pd organometallic initiator by ligand exchange. We grew ultrasmooth patterned poly(4-methoxystyrene) brushes with excellent thickness control at room temperature.