Spatial control over cross-linking dictates the pH-responsive behavior of poly(2-(tert-butylamino)ethyl methacrylate) brushes
Surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) of 2-(tert-butylamino)ethyl methacrylate (TBAEMA) produced pH-responsive secondary amine-functionalized polymer brushes with dry thicknesses ranging from 4 to 28 nm, as determined by ellipsometry. At low pH, linear PTBAEMA brushes became...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1992. - 30(2014), 5 vom: 11. Feb., Seite 1391-400 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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2014
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids |
| Schlagworte: | Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Cross-Linking Reagents Methacrylates poly(2-(tert-butylamino)ethyl methacrylate) |
| Zusammenfassung: | Surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) of 2-(tert-butylamino)ethyl methacrylate (TBAEMA) produced pH-responsive secondary amine-functionalized polymer brushes with dry thicknesses ranging from 4 to 28 nm, as determined by ellipsometry. At low pH, linear PTBAEMA brushes became protonated and highly swollen; brush collapse occurred when the solution pH was increased to ca. 7.7 due to deprotonation. PTBAEMA brushes were subsequently cross-linked using tolylene-2,4-diisocyanate-terminated poly(propylene glycol) (PPG-TGI) in either THF (a good solvent for PTBAEMA) or n-hexane (a poor solvent). The intensity of the C-C-O component (286.5 eV) in the C1s X-ray photoelectron spectrum increased after reaction with PPG-TDI, suggesting that cross-linking was successful in both solvents. Ellipsometry studies indicated that the pH-responsive behavior of these cross-linked brushes is dictated by the spatial location of the PPG-TDI cross-linker. Thus, uniformly cross-linked brushes prepared in THF became appreciably less swollen at a given (low) pH than surface-cross-linked brushes prepared in n-hexane. Micro- and nanopatterned PTBAEMA brushes were prepared via UV irradiation and interference lithography, respectively, and characterized by atomic force microscopy. The change in brush height was determined as a function of pH, and these AFM observations correlated closely with the ellipsometric studies |
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| Beschreibung: | Date Completed 21.10.2014 Date Revised 08.05.2024 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1520-5827 |
| DOI: | 10.1021/la403666y |