Polymer brushes based on N-methacryloxysuccinimide as platform for versatile post-polymerization modification

0568552 - ÚMCH 2024 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Sivkova, Radoslava - Svoboda, Jan - Pánek, Jiří - Appelhans, D. - Pop-Georgievski, Ognen
Polymer brushes based on N-methacryloxysuccinimide as platform for versatile post-polymerization modification.
Progress in Organic Coatings. Roč. 178, May (2023), č. článku 107447. ISSN 0300-9440. E-ISSN 1873-331X
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GA20-07313S
Grant - others:AV ČR(CZ) StrategieAV21/26; AV ČR(CZ) MSM200501903
Program: StrategieAV; Program na podporu mezinárodní spolupráce začínajících výzkumných pracovníků
Institutional support: RVO:61389013
Keywords : polymer brush * surface-initiated polymerization * active ester monomer
OECD category: Physical chemistry
Impact factor: 6.6, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Limited access
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In this contribution we present a method for the surface-initiated atom-transfer radical polymerization of active esters based on N-methacryloxysuccinimide and post-polymerization modification in mild conditions. The obtained active ester brushes show quantitative conversion under amidation conditions with various primary amines, including 1-amino-2-propanol, fluorine containing amines and amine-containing fluorophores. Amidation reaction with propargyl amine offers the possibility to introduce a second functionality in the homopolymer brushes. This widens the ability of polymer analogous reactions with functionalized compounds. The effectiveness of the amidation reaction was deeply studied utilizing spectroscopic ellipsometry, infrared reflection-absorption and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopies, contact angle goniometry and surface energy analysis. As validated by functionalized homopolymer brushes, hierarchical block copolymer brushes containing active ester monomer units also undergo quantitative conversion with primary amines. Furthermore, resulting polymer brushes containing fluorophores were studied by fluorescent microscopy to further investigate their film structure and homogeneity.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0340084