讲座题目：Surface and interface engineering with polymer brushes
聚合物分子刷与表面与界面设计
讲座人：Prof.Harm-Anton Klok（克洛克，哈尔姆安东教授，瑞士洛桑联邦理工学院）
讲座时间：2014年6月6日 （星期五），下午：1:30 - 3:00
讲座地点：校本部J101
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Surface and interface engineering with polymer brushes
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Institut des Matériaux, Laboratoire des Polymères
STI - IMX – LP, Batiment MXD, Station 12
CH-1015 Lausanne (Switzerland)
Thin polymer coatings are of great importance to control the interactions of synthetic materials with other materials (lubrication, wear), the environment (corrosion) as well as biology (marine antifouling). Modern polymer science offers unprecedented opportunities to chemically engineer the properties of surfaces and interfaces. This presentation will discuss three aspects. The first part of the presentation will introduce modern controlled/”living” radical polymerization techniques and “polymer brushes” (chain-end tethered monomolecular assemblies of densely grafted polymer chains) and present the scope and possibilities of these approaches to chemically modify surfaces and interfaces. The second part of the presentation will address the need for accurate surface chemical characterization and the challenges related to the precise determination of the localization and distribution of functional groups in thin polymer films. The presentation will end with 3 brief showcases that illustrate the use of modern polymer science tools to develop ultrathin polymer films that possess sensory properties, which can be used to control fluid flow or to template the controlled growth of metallic or non-metallic inorganic films on complex, 3D structured substrates.
Selected references: (1) R. Barbey, L. Lavanant, D. Paripovic, N. Schüwer, C. Sugnaux, S. Tugulu, H.-A. Klok, Polymer brushes via surface-initiated controlled radical polymerization: synthesis, characterization, properties and applications, Chem. Rev. 2009, 109, 5437; (2) N. Schüwer, T. Geue, J. P. Hinestrosa, H.-A. Klok, Neutron reflectivity study on the postpolymerization modification of poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) brushes, Macromolecules 2011, 44, 6868; (3) R. Barbey, V. Laporte, S. Alnabulsi, H.-A. Klok, Postpolymerization modification of poly(glycidyl methacrylate) brushes: An XPS depth-profiling study, Macromolecules 2013, 46, 6151; (4) N. Schüwer, H.-A. Klok, A potassium-selective quartz crystal microbalance sensor based on crown-ether functionalized polymer brushes, Adv. Mater. 2010, 22, 3251; (4) C. Sugnaux, L. Lavanant, H.-A. Klok, Aqueous fabrication of pH-gated, polymer-brush-modified alumina hybrid membranes, Langmuir 2013, 29, 7325.
