Polymer-Grafted Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes through Surface-Initiated Polymerization

Hairy polymers from MWNTS: Surface‐initiated polymerization (SIP) of methyl methacrylate (MMA) and styrene (S) has been performed from the surfaces of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) by using a covalently attached atom‐transfer radical initiator. The initiator is grafted to the surface of the M...

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Published in:Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2004-04, Vol.43 (16), p.2138-2142
Main Authors: Baskaran, D., Mays, Jimmy W., Bratcher, Matthew S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
carbon
copolymerization
nanotubes
polymers
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Summary:Hairy polymers from MWNTS: Surface‐initiated polymerization (SIP) of methyl methacrylate (MMA) and styrene (S) has been performed from the surfaces of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) by using a covalently attached atom‐transfer radical initiator. The initiator is grafted to the surface of the MWNTs through carboxy groups. Hairy homo, block, and copolymers consisting of PS and PMMA brushes can then be grown from the surface of the MWNTs (see scheme).
ISSN:1433-7851
1521-3773
DOI:10.1002/anie.200353329