A nanotumbleweed: Breaking away a covalently tethered polymer molecule by noncovalent interactions

Authors :: Y. Deng
X.-Y. Zhu
Source :: Journal of the American Chemical Society. June 20, 2007, Vol. 129 Issue 24, p7557, 5 p.
Publication Year :: 2007
Abstract: The surface-initiated polymerization of a hydrophilic polymer, hyperbranched polyglycidol (HPG) from minority surface sites embedded in a hydrophobic matrix demonstrate that a covalently tethered polymer molecule could spontaneously break away (desorb) from the surface when polymer/surface interaction is sufficiently unfavorable.

Subjects :: Polymerization -- Research
Hydrophobic effect -- Research
Monomolecular films -- Structure
Monomolecular films -- Chemical properties
Chemistry

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