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ArticlePolymers2017

Optimisation of Surface-Initiated Photoiniferter-Mediated Polymerisation under Confinement, and the Formation of Block Copolymers in Mesoporous Films.

Jessica C Tom, Robert Brilmayer, Johannes Schmidt, Annette Andrieu-Brunsen

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Article in Polymers, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Jessica C TomErnst-Berl Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Alarich-Weiss-Straße 4, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany. jessica.c.h.tom@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0003-3802-211X
Robert BrilmayerErnst-Berl Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Alarich-Weiss-Straße 4, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany. brilmayer@cellulose.tu-darmstadt.de.
Johannes SchmidtTechnische Universität Berlin, Fakultät II, Institut für Chemie, Hardenbergstr. 40, 10623 Berlin, Germany. johannes.schmidt@tu-berlin.de.
Annette Andrieu-BrunsenErnst-Berl Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Alarich-Weiss-Straße 4, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany. brunsen@cellulose.tu-darmstadt.de.

Funding

Boehringer Ingelheim Stiftung Exploration Grant
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nature as the ultimate inspiration can direct, gate, and selectively transport species across channels to fulfil a specific targeted function. Harnessing such precision over local structure and functionality at the nanoscale is expected to lead to indispensable developments in synthetic channels for application in catalysis, filtration and sensing, and in drug delivery. By combining mesoporous materials with localised charge-switchable poly(2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) (PDMAEMA) brushes, precisely controlling pore filling and exploring the possibility of incorporating two different responsive polymers, we hope to approach the precision control of natural systems in the absence of an external force. Here, we report a simple one-step approach to prepare a mesoporous silica thin film with ~8 nm pores functionalised with a photoiniferter by combining sol⁻gel chemistry and evaporation-induced self-assembly (EISA). We show that surface-initiated photoiniferter-mediated polymerisation (SI-PIMP) allows the incorporation of a high polymer content up to geometrical pore blocking by the simple application of UV light in the presence of a monomer and solvent, proceeding in a controlled manner in pore sizes below 10 nm, with the potential to tune the material properties through the formation of surface-grafted block copolymers.

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block copolymersgrafting fromionic permselectivitylocal functionalisationmesoporous silicaphotoiniferterphotoinitiatedsurface-initiated

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PMID30965846
PMCPMC6418678

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