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| We embed chemical functionality into crosslinked network polymers. This functionality can be accessed in subsequent reactions, allowing for the creation of surfaces with controlled size and chemistry. We have demonstrated that this methodology works from flat films, patterned nanostructures and particles, providing a powerful, robust, new technique for functionalizing surfaces. We have been exploring polymer interfaces of the polymer networks and subsequent modification of the network surface functionality. We add a functional comonomer to our curable polymer resin and after molding a fraction of this incorporated functionality is present at the surface of the polymer and available for subsequent reactions. This concept of embedded functionality has been exploited in a number of ways. For example, we have used these surfaces for selective the metallization and we have been exploiting the surface functionality to accommodate the attachment of semiconducting polymers and bioactive materials. The synthesis, characterization and use of these new materials and related techniques are discussed. |
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Functional Nanomaterials from New Polymer Synthetic Methodologies
2:00 PM-5:50 PM, Sunday, April 6, 2008 Hilton New Orleans Riverside -- Grand Salon 3, Oral
Division of Polymer Chemistry |