Mechanism and application of surface-initiated ATRP in the presence of a Zn0 plate

Rebecca Faggion Albers; Wenqing Yan; Matteo Romio; Edson R. Leite; Nicholas D. Spencer; Krzysztof Matyjaszewski; Edmondo M. Benetti

doi:10.1039/D0PY01233E

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Mechanism and application of surface-initiated ATRP in the presence of a Zn⁰ plate†

Rebecca Faggion Albers,

^abcd Wenqing Yan,^b Matteo Romio,^bc Edson R. Leite,^de Nicholas D. Spencer,

^b Krzysztof Matyjaszewski^f and Edmondo M. Benetti

*^bc

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^a Complex Materials, Department of Materials, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5/10, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland

^b Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology, Department of Materials, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5/10, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
E-mail: edmondo.benetti@mat.ethz.ch

^c Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa), Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, St. Gallen, Switzerland

^d Department of Chemistry, Federal University of São Carlos, 13565-905 São Carlos, SP, Brazil

^e Brazilian Nanotechnology National Laboratory (LNNano), Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), 13083-970 Campinas, Brazil

^f Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, 4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, USA

Abstract

Surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization in the presence of a Zn⁰ plate (SI-Zn⁰-ATRP) enables the rapid synthesis of chemically diverse polymer brushes from both planar inorganic supports, and fabrics made of natural fibers. This process enables the controlled formation of polymer-brush layers on a variety of substrates, without the need for either inert conditions or lengthy deoxygenation procedures of the reaction mixtures.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D0PY01233E
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 30 avq 2020
Accepted: 23 okt 2020
First published: 23 okt 2020
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Polym. Chem., 2020,11, 7009-7014

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Mechanism and application of surface-initiated ATRP in the presence of a Zn⁰ plate

R. Faggion Albers, W. Yan, M. Romio, E. R. Leite, N. D. Spencer, K. Matyjaszewski and E. M. Benetti, Polym. Chem., 2020, 11, 7009 DOI: 10.1039/D0PY01233E

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