High-density liquid-crystalline azobenzene polymer brush attained by surface-initiated ring-opening metathesis polymerization

High-density polynorbornene azobenzene liquid-crystalline brushes are synthesized on quartz substrates by surface-initiated ring-opening metathesis polymerization (SI-ROMP) using Grubbs third-generation catalyst. The grafting process is controlled over the thickness of the brush from a solid-support...

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Veröffentlicht in:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1985. - 29(2013), 25 vom: 25. Juni, Seite 7571-5
1. Verfasser: Haque, Hafiz Ashraful (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Kakehi, Soutarou, Hara, Mitsuo, Nagano, Shusaku, Seki, Takahiro
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2013
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Zusammenfassung:High-density polynorbornene azobenzene liquid-crystalline brushes are synthesized on quartz substrates by surface-initiated ring-opening metathesis polymerization (SI-ROMP) using Grubbs third-generation catalyst. The grafting process is controlled over the thickness of the brush from a solid-supported substrate in a stoichiometric manner. A highly ordered liquid-crystal arrangement was formed for such brushes as revealed by spectroscopic measurements and grazing angle X-ray diffraction analysis. Marked features of this method in the structure and photoalignment behavior are unveiled by comparison with brushes made by surface-initiated atom-transfer radical polymerization (SI-ATRP)
Beschreibung:Date Completed 03.02.2014
Date Revised 29.08.2013
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:1520-5827
DOI:10.1021/la4002847