ATRP grafting of oligo(ethylene glycol) methacrylates from gold surface — Effect of monomer size on grafted chain and EO unit densities

Surface-Initiated Atom Transfer Radical

Surface-Initiated Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization of Oligo(ethylene glycol) Methacrylate: Effect of Solvent on Graft Density

✍ Wei Feng; Renxu Chen; John L. Brash; Shiping Zhu 📂 Article 📅 2005 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 171 KB

## Abstract **Summary:** Oligo(ethylene glycol) methacrylate (OEGMA) was grafted from silicon wafer surfaces by surface‐initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) with Cu^I^Br/2,2′‐bipyridine (bpy) as a catalyst and various water/alcohol mixtures as solvents. The ellipsometric thickness