POLY 149 |
| Functionalization of inorganic and organic surfaces is a widely used approach for the improvement of the mechanical properties of polymer composites. During the last years, the use of radical polymerization techniques, such as Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (ATRP), were successfully used for controlled polymerizations from different surfaces ranging from silica particles to cellulose fibers. Such particles or fibers decorated with tailored polymers show improved compatibility with corresponding bulk matrix materials and thus improve their mechanical properties. In this work, we present first results on the polymerization of styrene on polyimide films. These film surfaces serve as simple models of corresponding fibers. The characteristics of the surfaces are investigated by several sprectroscopic and microscopic techniques. |
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General Papers: Synthesis and Characterization
6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Sunday, 10 September 2006 Moscone Center -- Hall D, Poster
Division of Polymer Chemistry |