Issue 37, 2012

Utilizing click chemistry to design functional interfaces through post-polymerization modification

Abstract

Post-polymerization modification is a simple and effective method to add complex functionality to a polymeric interface. A wide variety of click reactions have been utilized as a means of post-polymerization functionalization on surface-bound polymers to tune interfacial properties, such as friction, wettability, and adhesion. Patterning surfaces with spatial control of chemical functionality has also been obtained through orthogonal or sequential click reactions. This review highlights the progress in post-polymerization modification of polymers covalently attached to a surface, focusing on the design of functional interfaces in terms of the various reactive functional groups.

Graphical abstract: Utilizing click chemistry to design functional interfaces through post-polymerization modification

Article information

Article type
Feature Article
Submitted
19 Mar 2012
Accepted
20 Apr 2012
First published
24 Apr 2012

J. Mater. Chem., 2012,22, 19357-19365

Utilizing click chemistry to design functional interfaces through post-polymerization modification

R. M. Arnold, N. E. Huddleston and J. Locklin, J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 19357 DOI: 10.1039/C2JM31708G

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