Abstract
Arrays of nanoscale polymer brushes have been synthesized on both metallic and insulating substrates by a combination of dip-pen nanolithography and surface-initiated ring-opening metathesis polymerization (see atomic force microscopy image). This approach provides control over patterned polymer feature size, brush length, and composition. The technique points towards a way of rapidly making combinatorial libraries of functional polymer nanostructures.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 4785-4789 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Angewandte Chemie - International Edition |
Volume | 42 |
Issue number | 39 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 13 2003 |
Keywords
- Lithography
- Nanostructures
- Polymers
- Ringopening polymerization
- Scanning probe microscopy
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Catalysis
- Chemistry(all)