TY  - JOUR
AU  - Mazurowski, Markus
AU  - Sondergeld, Katrin
AU  - Elbert, Johannes
AU  - Kim, Chang Jong
AU  - Li, Junyu
AU  - Frielinghaus, Henrich
AU  - Gallei, Markus
AU  - Stühn, Bernd
AU  - Rehahn, Matthias
TI  - Polystyrene Brushes on Fully Deuterated Organic Nanoparticles by Surface-Initiated Nitroxide-Mediated Radical Polymerization
JO  - Macromolecular chemistry and physics
VL  - 214
IS  - 10
SN  - 1022-1352
CY  - Weinheim
PB  - Wiley-VCH
M1  - FZJ-2015-00523
SP  - 1094 - 1106
PY  - 2013
AB  - The synthesis of polystyrene (PS) brushes on fully deuterated PS nanoparticles by surface-initiated nitroxide-mediated radical polymerization (SI-NMRP) is reported. Due to the high demand of deuterated monomers, an efficient deuteration procedure of suitable and readily available precursors is developed. SI-NMRP of styrene is improved regarding reaction control, grafting density, and conversion. Insights into the scaling behavior and conformational features of surface-attached PS chains on deuterated particles are investigated by using dynamic light scattering measurements, proving that polymer brushes are formed. The particles with surface-attached initiator are shown to be uniform spherical core-shell particles by small-angle neutron scattering measurements.
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000319020600004
DO  - DOI:10.1002/macp.201200733
UR  - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/186449
ER  -