Low‐Temperature Growth of Thick Polystyrene Brushes via ATRP

Abstract

Abstract Summary: This contribution describes the graft polymerization of polystyrene (PS) by atom transfer radical polymerization at 50, 60, and 75 °C. Thick PS brushes were grown from initiator‐functionalized PGMA layers on silicon, and constant growth rates provide indirect evidence that the polymerizations were controlled. Formation of polystyrene brushes at T < T g by ATRP of styrene from α ‐bromoester initiator‐functionalized poly(glycidyl methacrylate) layers. magnified image Formation of polystyrene brushes at T < T g by ATRP of styrene from α ‐bromoester initiator‐functionalized poly(glycidyl methacrylate) layers.